War
The Gladiators (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gladiatorerna
director: Peter Watkins actor: Arthur Pentelow / Frederick Danner
other title: Gladiatorerna / The Peace Game
Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape
7.3 (9 ratings) director: John Sturges actor: Steve McQueen / James Garner
other title: La grande fuga / Den store flugt
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
The Monocled Mutineer (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Monocled Mutineer
director: Jim O'Brien actor: Paul McGann / Philip McGough
The Monocled Mutineer follows the rebellion that took place at the notorious Etaples Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The Battle of Passchendaele" in 1917. After the mutiny, the dashing Percy Toplis takes flight, dressed as a British officer, soon to embark on a love affair with beautiful young widow, Dorothy. A solder in the First World War, the real Percy Toplis was a rake, rogue and master of disguise who became the most wanted man in Britain. This controversial BBC dramatisation of high romance, hilarious impudence and savage retribution was adapted by Alan Bleasdale from the book by William Allison and John Fairley.
The Great War (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La grande guerra
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Vittorio Gassman / Alberto Sordi
other title: La grande guerra / Man nannte es den großen Krieg
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
La battaglia di Algeri
9.0 (6 ratings) director: Gillo Pontecorvo actor: Brahim Hadjadj / Jean Martin
other title: La battaglia di Algeri / Slaget Om Algier
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
The Fall of Otrar (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Гибель Отрара
other title: La Chute d'Otrar / Гибель Отрара
A staggering historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil of the East Asian civilization of Otrar, before its systematic destruction at the hands of Genghis Khan.
Mediterraneo (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mediterraneo
other title: Mediterráneo / Jeg elsker soldater
WWII: When a group of Italian soldiers washes up on a Greek island after the Allies sink their ship, the men initially believe that the region is deserted. However, they discover that the islanders have been in hiding, and the soldiers, winning the trust of the locals, gradually become part of the community. As the Italians ease into an idyllic existence, they begin to forget about war and pursue romance with the lovely women of the island.
Eastern Condors (1987)
東方秃鷹
other title: Operation Eastern Condors / Comando infernal
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
Grand Illusion (1937)
La grande illusion
director: Jean Renoir actor: Jean Gabin / Pierre Fresnay
other title: La grande illusione / Den Store Illusion
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Come and See (1985)
Иди и смотри
9.1 (10 ratings) director: Elem Germanovich Klimov actor: Aleksei Kravchenko / 奥尔加·米罗诺娃
other title: Va' e vedi / Gå og Se
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
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Wrenching tale of a boy during the Nazi invasion of the USSR and the horrors he witnesses. Based on tales of survivors brought to the screen by director Elem Klimov after a years-long battle with Soviet censors in his last film, and especially scary now that fascism is on the rise again.

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Stalag 17 (1953)
Stalag 17
director: Billy Wilder actor: William Holden / Robert Strauss
other title: Bag pigtråd i Stalag 17 / Inferno nº 17
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.