Film Snail

War

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

April 9, 1943

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.

Il treno crociato

Il treno crociato

April 8, 1943

Immortal France

Immortal France

April 7, 1943

The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

April 6, 1943

Don Winslow (titular hero of the serial "Don Winslow of the Navy") is reassigned to the United States Coast Guard, to guard the coast against saboteurs and sneak attacks.

Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live

April 5, 1943

British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.

Air Raid Wardens

Air Raid Wardens

April 4, 1943

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

Battle for Music

Battle for Music

April 1, 1943

Story of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in World War II, from going bust, to being taken over by the musicians to run itself. Starring many of the members of the orchestra themselves

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

April 1, 1943

Japanese war movie.

Corregidor

Corregidor

March 29, 1943

A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.

Jungle Drums

Jungle Drums

March 26, 1943

Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

April 15, 1943

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

March 20, 1943

Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.

The Silver Fleet

The Silver Fleet

March 15, 1943

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?

The Moon Is Down

The Moon Is Down

March 14, 1943

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.

Road to the Stars

Road to the Stars

March 13, 1943

The Purple V

March 12, 1943

German expatriate Fritz Kortner plays the largest role, as an anti-Nazi schoolmaster who helps a downed American flyer (John Archer) reached Allied lines with vital war information. As usual, the Nazis are incredibly stupid and lead-footed, enabling the flyer to accomplish his mission.

Assignment in Brittany

Assignment in Brittany

March 11, 1943

A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.

The Elusive Jan

The Elusive Jan

March 8, 1943

The film is about the struggle of Czechoslovak patriots against the Nazi invaders during the years of fascist occupation. The plot of the film is based on actual events that were reported after that time.

Guerrillas in the steppes of Ukraine

Guerrillas in the steppes of Ukraine

March 2, 1943

The film tells about the heroic struggle of Ukrainian farmers-partisans with nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic war.

Keep 'Em Slugging

Keep 'Em Slugging

March 1, 1943

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.