Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3
1941 · ★ 7.0 · War
Directed by Konstantin Yudin · Written by Ivan Bondin
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Behind the Footlights · 1956Behind the Footlights
★ 7.51956
MovieRomanceComedy
Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.
Gutta-Percha Boy · 1957Gutta-Percha Boy
★ 7.51957
MovieDrama
The end of the XIX century. Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would incorporate the new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploited child in their speeches. The only consolation, brightens the harsh life gutta-percha boy, as referred to Petya on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who regretted the fatherless and secretly taught him this circus arts...
Volga - Volga · 1938Volga - Volga
★ 6.91938
MovieComedyMusic
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.
Antosha Rybkin · 1941Antosha Rybkin
★ 6.01941
MovieComedyWar
Before the attack on the village, captured by the Nazis, the commander decides to carry out a distraction — a concert of the front-line brigade of artists. Chef Antosha Rybkin is assigned to play the role of... a German corporal. Dressed in an enemy uniform, he gets to the rear of the enemy and helps his liberate the village.
The Safety Match · 1954The Safety Match
★ 5.91954
MovieComedyMystery
A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.
The Wrestler and the Clown · 1957The Wrestler and the Clown
★ 5.81957
MovieDrama
It's a story about two of the most famous russian personages. They become friends, and then go along on the path of glory in parallel.
Four Hearts · 1944Four Hearts
★ 5.71944
MovieRomanceComedy
The plot is built around two charming sisters — a strict, wayward Galina, an assistant professor of mathematics, and a windy, frivolous student Shurochka. Despite the fact that the girls are so different, they are looking, of course, for one thing — love. The events take place in the summer pre-war Moscow and in the country where both sisters go: one in order to prepare for the re-examination, the other — to conduct math classes with the military from the Yuryev Camps located near the dacha village.
Funny and difficult situations, intrigues, tears, joy — all this will be experienced by young girls on the way to their happiness.
Post in the Mountains · 1953Post in the Mountains
★ 5.41953
MovieAdventure
From Moscow senior lieutenant Lunin comes to serve at the border post. The hero is actively involved in the life of the outpost. Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, the Ismail-gang gang is intensifying its actions ...
The Horsemen · 1950The Horsemen
★ 5.31950
MovieActionDrama
A boy breeds horses on the plains between Belarus and the Caucasus. When the German invasion comes he joins the partisans as a horseman.
Twins · 1945Twins
★ 5.31945
MovieComedy
A funny comedy about a lost twins and a lot of good people who are involved in a search for twins' parents.
A Girl with Character · 1939A Girl with Character
★ 5.31939
MovieComedy
A young girl is traveling from Siberia to Moscow in order to get help with the mink farm she is working in and which is suffering under incompetent management.
Iniquity · 1953Iniquity
1953
MovieComedy
College assessor Miguev, returning home, finds a foundling at the porch. Having mistaken him for his son from the former maid Agnia, the frightened Miguev, in turn, is trying to toss the baby, but to no avail. Tired dad decides to confess to his wife Anna Filippovna, and, meanwhile, the true parents begin to search for their child left “for a second” at the threshold of a respectable house ...
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison · 1957Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
★ 6.91957
MovieAdventureWar
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together. Their forced companionship and the struggle for survival forge a powerful emotional bond between them.
Strayed · 2003Strayed
★ 5.82003
MovieDramaRomance
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.
Mediterraneo · 1991Mediterraneo
★ 7.61991
MovieComedyRomance
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.
In Harm's Way · 1965In Harm's Way
★ 6.61965
MovieWarDrama
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Mister Roberts · 1955Mister Roberts
★ 7.01955
MovieComedyDrama
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Escape from Sobibor · 1987Escape from Sobibor
★ 7.21987
MovieDramaThriller
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
Tobruk · 1967Tobruk
★ 6.41967
MovieDramaHistory
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
★ 7.51943
MovieWarDrama
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
Come and See · 1985Come and See
★ 8.21985
MovieDramaWar
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Flyora 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, Flyora 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.
The Zookeeper's Wife · 2017The Zookeeper's Wife
★ 7.32017
MovieDramaHistory
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Operation Mincemeat · 2022Operation Mincemeat
★ 6.52022
MovieWarHistory
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
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