Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore war, military conflict and its human consequences.
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War Film, war film
In late 1944, several American prisoners plan an escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp. However, unknown to them, among them is a German, Lt. Hans von Kroner, known to them as Sgt.
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Drama, war film
In Europe, 1944, a group of replacements are assigned to Sgt Cooley's squad and sent into battle. Initially frightened, Hacker grows to love killing but loses that feeling as well. He is promoted to Corporal and later given his own squad a…
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Drama, Romance Film, War Film
A World War II soap opera
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Documentation, War Film, propaganda film
The film begins immediately after the invasion of Poland. Of the two major Western Allies on 1940, the United Kingdom is first to be mentioned. The role of the Royal Navy in blockading Germany is highlighted as Germany being forced to over…
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romance film
Starting in 1967 Oceanside, Kathy Emilio is a high school senior who, soon after graduation, marries her sweetheart, a Marine named Chuck Wakeman. Their lives as newlyweds is short-lived, as he is ordered to serve in Vietnam. During his ab…
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Action, Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
Lawrence Hammer (Lowe) and Dean Mazzoli (Hansen) are two Naval Officers undergoing the rigorous and demanding Navy BUD/s training program. Both men quest to become Navy SEALs. During the training Hammer is shown as cocky and not a true tea…
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Drama, drama film
The film follows the story of the protagonist, Anbeber – who is a highly educated lab researcher who returns to his village in the Ethiopian countryside after a long absence, during which he lived in Germany and the capital city of Ethiopi…
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Documentation, documentary film
Drama, biographical film
War Film, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
During the Second World War, American Captain Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a group of British commandos attempt to locate and kidnap the leading German rocket scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun). Along the way they are chased by …
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Drama, Romantic Drama, War Film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, Emilia (Maja Komorowska), a Polish woman who has returned to her homeland with her ailing mother, struggles to rebuild her life amid the physical and moral ruins of postwar Poland. She lives …
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war film
A group of American soldiers and Italian partisans during World War II join forces in northern Italy against the Germans.
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Sci-Fi, War Film
A fleet of airships begin an attack on England, bombing an armoured vehicle, a signal box and a town. An inventor and his assistant are preparing to launch a missile in defence. A biplane attempts to shoot down one of the airships, but is …
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propaganda film
In 1938, Brad Craig (Richard Quine), the son of a famous Army colonel, starts his freshman (fish) year at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). After spending the past four years in the Philippines, he …
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Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, war film
England, 1944. An attempt on the life of British high commander General Sir Lawrence MacKenzie-Smith by German intelligence, a chief strategist for the planned invasion of mainland Europe, spurs a search for a lookalike to impersonate him.…
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Action, Adventure, Military Film, War Film, action film, war film
During the Vietnam War an American patrol engages in a firefight with a strong force of NVA regulars. The Americans fight their way into a cave containing gold that is in the territory of aboriginals who kill the NVA as well as a few Ameri…
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Action, Drama, Romance Film, War Film, war film
Major Steve Lockhart, commander of a Marine Raider battalion and Captain Dan Craig, commander of the Paramarines are together on Guadalcanal facing a Japanese assault that became the Battle of Edson's Ridge. When Captain Craig discovers th…
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Adventure, Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
In 1957, Juno, an American archaeology student, is visiting Cyprus and staying with the family of her father's best friend, Dr Andros. She witnesses an attack by two EOKA gunmen which results in the death of two British soldiers, but is un…
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drama television series
Ivan Lyon, a British Army officer who was promoted to major and decorated for bravery, planned a mission using a former fishing vessel to transport a selected team of commandos into Singapore Harbour to attack Japanese warships. When Lyon …
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Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film, war film
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into cl…
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drama film, war film
Harbour of Alexandria 18-19 December 1941. Two Italian frogmen are captured under suspicion of placing a mine under HMS Valiant. They are brought onto the ship for questioning.
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Drama, War Film, war film
Rick Chambers, a British Coastal Command pilot in World War II based near Portsmouth, sinks what he believes to be a German submarine, unaware that a British submarine is also in that part of the Channel. When it emerges that the British s…
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Western film, war film
In 1757 the French around Montreal are poised to move south. A young American volunteer in the British Army, Sergeant Tom Cutler, is sent northwards carrying a dispatch which orders the garrison of Fort Williams to reinforce the vulnerable…
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Drama, propaganda film
In preparing for a secret raid on a German-held French coastal village, a British security officer is chosen to monitor activities in England among army personnel of the 95th Infantry as well as civilians with whom they mingle. At the same…
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