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War

In Love and War

In Love and War

October 31, 1958

Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O'Neill visits his lower-class dysfunctional family; Nico Kantaylis visits his pregnant fiancée; and the upper-class Alan Newcombe visits his high-living playgirl girlfriend. Each must decide whether to make the best of his situation or break out of it. O'Neill drowns his troubles in alcohol, losing the respect of a potential lover; Kantaylis marries his fiancée, but realizes he may not survive the war to see his child; while Newcombe sheds his decadent girlfriend for a pure-hearted Hawaiian nurse. Later, in battle, a heroic act costs one of the Marines his life.

The World's Craziest Army

The World's Craziest Army

October 30, 1958

The Restless Night

The Restless Night

October 29, 1958

Torpedo Run

Torpedo Run

October 24, 1958

A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.

I Was Monty's Double

I Was Monty's Double

October 21, 1958

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

On the Other Side

On the Other Side

October 20, 1958

Based on the novel of the same name by Viktor Kin. 1921, Far East. Two Komsomol members, Matveyev and Bezais, must cross the front line near Khabarovsk to give the partisans money and a coded message. In Khabarovsk, Matveyev wants to meet a girl, Liza, with whom he is in love, but a serious injury disrupts his plans...

The Volunteers

The Volunteers

October 20, 1958

Based on the novel of the same name in the verses of Yevgeni Dolmatovsky. Together with hundreds of other boys and girls, Komsomol members Kolya Kaitanov, Slava Ufimtsev, Alyosha Akishin, Lyolya and Masha came to the construction of the first stage of the Moscow metro. They are united by the romance of the feat, the desire to always be on the most difficult and dangerous site. A romantic and heroic story about the Komsomol members of the 1930s, about the fate of the generation that endured the construction of the first stage of the Moscow Metro, the war, the post-war reconstruction of the country.

Friends at Arms

Friends at Arms

October 16, 1958

Every year, thousands of young men are summoned to undergo an education where completely different demands are made than in civilian life. The soldiers must be in perfect physical form and they must learn to deal with modern weapons.

Sangue, Amor e Neve

Sangue, Amor e Neve

October 14, 1958

The Youth of Our Parents

The Youth of Our Parents

October 14, 1958

An adaptation of the book "Razgrom" by Alexander Fadeyev.

Dezerter

Dezerter

October 12, 1958

A Pole incorporated into the Wehrmacht deserts, hiding in a coal mine ...

The Eternal Wave

The Eternal Wave

October 3, 1958

An underground CPC telegrapher, Li Xia, fights against the Japanese enemy and dies before the eve of Shanghai's liberation in 1939.

Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

October 3, 1958

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.

Me and the Colonel

Me and the Colonel

October 1, 1958

Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel Prokoszny, who harbors a bias against Jews. They are soon joined by Prokoszny's bride-to-be, Suzanne, who takes an immediate liking to the engaging Jacobowsky. This furthers the hostility between Jacobowsky and Prokoszny, but they must put their differences aside to evade the Nazis trailing them.

The Plot to Kill Stalin

The Plot to Kill Stalin

September 25, 1958

In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.

U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien

U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien

September 25, 1958

In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships.

Mameluke

Mameluke

September 14, 1958

In Arabic, “mameluke” means a white slave, a prisoner. In Egypt, this name was given to prisoners of war who had been sold into slavery from Georgia and other countries of the Caucasus. The action of this drama starts in Georgia in the late 18th century. Two friends are abducted and sold into slavery. One ends up in Egypt, the other - in Venice. Years later, they meet by the ancient pyramids, in the desert where a battle is going on between the armies of Bonaparte and Ali-bey, the ruler of Egypt. In a combat with a French officer, the Mameluke injures him. Falling from his horse onto the sand, the officer exclaims in Georgian: “Vai, nana!” (“Oh, mother!”). And the Mameluke recognizes in him a mate of his childhood games.

Her Life Path

Her Life Path

September 1, 1958

Using the fate of an ordinary woman as an example, the film shows how life has changed in liberated Korea.

Free City

Free City

September 1, 1958

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

The Hunters

The Hunters

September 1, 1958

With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.