Film Snail

War

Magueyes

Magueyes

March 7, 1962

Experimental filmmaker Rubén Gámez explores the iconography of the maguey plant in Mexican cinematic history.

Desert War

Desert War

March 3, 1962

A woman is discovered in a shelled-out truck in the Libyan Desert by a small group of soldiers.

The Country Left Behind

The Country Left Behind

March 1, 1962

Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom.

Sakura Official

Sakura Official

February 28, 1962

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.

The Honors of War

The Honors of War

February 16, 1962

One morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a French village are celebrating their premature liberation. The festivities are interrupted by the arrival of an exhausted, leaderless German detachment. A few kilometers away, the inhabitants of the village of Muzière negotiate with the Germans and agree to a truce. But the arrival of a Wehrmacht captain, anxious to regain control of the men, puts an end to this fragile peace process. The captain suggested meeting the Americans and surrendering to regular troops rather than civilians. The inhabitants of Muzière, believing the truce to be broken, fire on the Germans and, on this misunderstanding, the guns start talking again.

Great Monk Wonhyo

Great Monk Wonhyo

February 15, 1962

La tórtola del Ajusco

February 8, 1962

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

February 7, 1962

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.

The Last Roll-Call

The Last Roll-Call

February 5, 1962

In October 1941 the Nazis decide to crush a rebellion in Serbia by mass shootings of civilians. In the city of Kragujevac thousands of people, including entire high school classes, were rounded up and shot in one day. The movie follows the fate of one of such classes.

Lafayette

Lafayette

February 16, 1962

The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.

Dawn on the Third Day

Dawn on the Third Day

January 26, 1962

The inhabitants of Praxos, a mountain village in an occupied country, organize their own resistance to the oppressor. Faced with reprisals, they decide that every hour a man will cross the bridge that is the population's only supply route. The action, which results in the death of all those taking part, continues until dawn on the third day.

Ultimatum alla vita

Ultimatum alla vita

January 11, 1962

Women held in prison by the Nazi's in Italy during WW2.

Cold Tracks

Cold Tracks

January 10, 1962

Guilt and sexual jealousy are the main dynamics behind Skouen's gloomy and intense tale about Oddmund, a former Resistance leader who caused the death of 12 refugees during the war.

Nad rzeką

January 1, 1962

A boy accidentally gets involved in a fight between partisans and a German patrol.

Le Temps des assassins

January 1, 1962

Trigo limpio

Trigo limpio

January 1, 1962

An Early Autumn Day

An Early Autumn Day

January 1, 1962

Dong jin xu qu

Dong jin xu qu

January 1, 1962

“It’s a story, adapted from the homonymous drama, that the new Forth Army struggles with the branch of Jiangsu-Shandong-Anhui of Kuomindang for Anti-Japanese, solidification and against surrender, abruption during the way going east.It reflects the complicate situation during the Anti-Japanese War andthe victory of the Anti-Japanese unibus policies of the CCP Center and Chairman Mao.” From the English Red Movie blurb

Cat Under a Helmet

Cat Under a Helmet

January 1, 1962

A tragicomic tale of lumberjack who joined the partisans during WW2. As a corporal, he successfully and courageously fulfilled the combat tasks with his partisan battalion. The commander sends him on a special assignment.

Cat under the helm

January 1, 1962

Cat under the helmet