Film Snail

War

Guerrilla Girl

January 23, 1953

Thriller - During World War II, Helmut Dantine specialized in playing villainous Nazis in Hollywood melodramas. He offers a compelling performance in a variation of these earlier roles in this suspense filled and politically loaded tale of intrigue. The story opens in German-occupied Athens during the darkest hours of the war. Civilians are not allowed on the streets after dark. - Helmut Dantine, Marianna, Irene Champlin

Hell Raiders of the Deep

Hell Raiders of the Deep

January 16, 1953

A crack team of Italian naval divers plan to attach high explosives to the hulls of Royal navy warships anchored in Gibraltar harbour.

Reminiscence

Reminiscence

January 15, 1953

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cranes, a quietly devastating story of a young man, orphaned during the war, who stumbles into a passionate yet tragic relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter.

Tower of Lilies

Tower of Lilies

January 9, 1953

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.

A dos grados del Ecuador

A dos grados del Ecuador

January 1, 1953

Blood of Bataan

Blood of Bataan

January 1, 1953

War exploitation low budget flick about JAP atrocities on captured women.

Scouts

Scouts

January 1, 1953

The film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee, deputy chief of the reconnaissance division, which went behind enemy lines.

The Combat Unit of a Fighter Plane

The Combat Unit of a Fighter Plane

January 1, 1953

The main character of the film, Man-sik Kim, is a fighter of the Korean People's Army. Through his bravery and resourcefulness in battle, he crushed the enemy's air superiority and dealt a crushing blow to the enemy.

The Gold and Silver River Band

The Gold and Silver River Band

January 1, 1953

The Air Force Story: World War I

January 1, 1953

The history of the United States Air Force and the role of airplanes in WWI.

A Motion Picture History Of The Korean War

January 1, 1953

Post-war South Korea with the history of the communist advance across the 38th parallel.

Christmas In Korea

January 1, 1953

Heart-wrenching interviews with U.S. soldiers in Korea during the holidays.

The Korea Story

January 1, 1953

Story of the Korean war; how it began, the first truce talks and their breakdown to the final peace treaty.

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

January 2, 1953

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.

Battles of Chief Pontiac

Battles of Chief Pontiac

December 8, 1952

In pre-Revolutionary America, the efforts of a Colonial officer trying to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac and British and American settlers are threatened by the commander of a Hessian mercenary unit who embarks on a campaign of extermination against the Indians.

Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East

December 4, 1952

During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

Eight Iron Men

Eight Iron Men

December 1, 1952

During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Mr. Walkie Talkie

November 28, 1952

Military comedy about two sergeant buddies constantly getting into trouble.

Heroic Charge

Heroic Charge

November 25, 1952

In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol sent on reconnaissance comes under machine-gun fire from the top of a bell-tower.

Black Feathers

Black Feathers

November 21, 1952

In the last days of the world war II a young Alpine soldier trys to find his way back home after the army was disbanded. In his village the soldiers, with the townspeople, become engaged in an effort to prevent the Germans from blowing up a dam.