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Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
In this stirring anti-war film set during WWI, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer is assigned to defend a lowly private at his court martial. The private has been accused of desertion during battle. The lawyer, Captain Hargreaves is convinced this young man should be executed. However, as the trial progresses and the strain of three horrible years endured at the Allied front is revealed, the more he is compelled to spare the youth from a firing...
2) Belle epoque
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Spain, 1931 is a politically divided nation and on the brink of war. With allegiances torn between Republican and Traditionalist factions, Fernando, a disillusioned soldier, has chosen a third option, going AWOL. Fate intervenes during his escape when he meets Manolo, an admiring land owner who sees himself mirrored in the young man and welcomes him into his home, a home inhabited by Manolo's four visiting daughters, each more beautiful than the other....
Series
Criterion collection volume 480
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
日本語
Description
Tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet POW. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage.
Series
Criterion collection volume 379
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
日本語
Description
An anti-war drama about a wounded Japanese soldier in British custody during the last days of World War II. Sent out into the Burmese jungle to persuade renegade fighters to surrender, the harp-playing soldier undergoes a spiritual change and becomes obsessed with burying war dead.
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