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Plot Summary:
On the way to Partisans camp Sgt. Tsybulya suddenly lands in the middle of German troops. Now he must find a way to return to the Red Army.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min
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Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)
Plot Summary:
The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front, during World War II (in 1943), has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of funny events, Giuseppe falls in love, and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
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Who's That Soldier? (1988)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
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Operation Snatch (1962)
Plot Summary:
Legend has it that if the famous Barbary Apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar, it's a sign that the British will lose control of it. During World War II, a British officer is put in charge of the apes. When he detects that the animals' morale is slipping, he hatches a plan to go behind the German lines to "kidnap" a new ape for his charges to lift their spirits before the Germans find out about their condition and use it as propaganda.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Joey Boy (1965)
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While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)
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A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended. Director Gottfried Reinhardt's 1965 comedy stars Alec Guinness, Robert Redford and Michael Connors.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: retro, sad, independent film
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Check Passed: No Mines (1965)
Plot Summary:
October 20, 1944, Belgrade was liberated by Red Army and Tito's partisans. But the capital of Yugoslavia is still fraught with danger - retreating aggressor mined the city . A special partisan squad goes into underground maze of tunnels to find and disarm explosives which are still guarded by SS special forces.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: War
Country: Yugoslavia, Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min
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Asboobs: Asal Bobo (2003)
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An ice cream vendor was bullied and thrown on a river.He swore to become a brave soldier. A spoiled brat snaps his adopted uncle and forced him to undergo military training. A barangay tanod is an action freak.He mauled even the well wishers for his birthday. A NEET accidentally burned a whole building while he was in an internet cafe.He was offered to be a soldier by his roommate. A mama's boy joins the military to strengthen his manhood and erase his mama's boy image.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Odd Squad (1982)
Plot Summary:
Sicilia 1943, after the landing, between the invading Us army and the defender Italian army, a 2000 years old roman bridge resist to all kind of attacks. Both the army decides to definitively destroy it before the opponent does. But to the chaotic mad American platoon is opposed an Italian military band exchanged for a terrible special commando. Probably the bridge will survive another 2000 years!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Carry on England (1976)
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Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, spoof, parody
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Dad's Army (1971)
Plot Summary:
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
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Dad's Army (1968)
Plot Summary:
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, hilarious, realistic, not serious, slapstick, fun
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Wedding in Malinovka (1967)
Plot Summary:
The movie takes place during Russia's civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Mensheviks). Andrejka and Yarinka are a young betrothed couple in the village of Malinovka, caught between the battle lines. Gritsian is the leader of a Menshevik band who are planning to attack the village. Yarinka appeals to the local Bolshevik commander for his faction's help. The Bolsheviks quickly come up with a plan to save the village... but the plan requires Yarinka to enter into a pretend marriage with Gritsian.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Places Here Are Quiet (1967)
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Based on the novel of the same name by Grigory Svirsky. 1942 year. The Great Patriotic War. The navigator Bratnov was shot down during the war, was captured, fled, returned to his people, was demoted and sent to serve in the construction battalion. His old front-line comrade Major Kabarov accidentally met him and took him to his unit. Kabanov, knowing about the lack of experienced navigators, is seeking to transfer Bratnov to his air force in the Northern Fleet, in the Arctic, to a tiny rocky island — "to the ends of the world.".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min
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Sokolovo (1975)
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The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Thriller, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Duration: 129 min
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Which Way to the Front? (1970)
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Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis), one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Stalingrad (1990)
Plot Summary:
The WWII pivotal battle of Stalingrad is shown through the eyes of the soldiers and officers on both sides of the war.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, USA, Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 196 min
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The White Bird Marked with Black (1971)
Plot Summary:
Colourful 'optimistic tragedy' of a poor family in Ukraine, living in the Carpathian mountains near the Romanian border, during the Second World War. This epic, which won the grand prize at the Moscow Film Festival in 1971, chronicles a family's struggle for survival in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. The family is very poor, and has a great many children. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, marriages, births, deaths--all these events punctuate the story of this large family. Belaya Ptitsa s Chernoi Otmetinoi, or Bily Ptakh Z Chornoyu Oznakoyu was filmed in the Ukrainian language and was directed by the famed Ukrainian cinematographer, Yuri Ilyenko. It is notable for the way its rich, poetic imagery splashes across the screen, and is considered to be an important part of Ukrainian film heritage.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychedelic
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The Soldier and the Elephant (1978)
Plot Summary:
Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min
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Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1974)
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Bogdan Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Bogdan always are his friends, they are all from different parts of the country, but they all became real brothers.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, rough, suspenseful, tense, humorous, suspense, extraordinary
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The Alive and the Dead (1964)
Plot Summary:
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 201 min
Plot tags: epic
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Soldiers Aren't Born (1969)
Plot Summary:
The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "Zhivye i Myortvye".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: epic
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Fortress on Wheels (1961)
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A story about an armored train number 56 and his actions during WWII.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags:
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Father of a Soldier (1964)
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During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy (Sergo Zakariadze) leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in the last days of war finds the son.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, suspenseful, touching, captivating, spiritual, sad, crying, patriotic
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In Flight are the Night Witches (1981)
Plot Summary:
Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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The Hot Snow (1972)
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In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' army. The Soviet artillery soldiers protect their position with their lives in a bloodshed with few survivors.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min
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Officers (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: breathtaking, captivating, tense, uplifting, thought provoking, epic
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
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During World War II, two French civilians and a downed English Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops - and the consequences of their own blunders.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, compassionate, sincere, atmospheric, anthology, fast paced
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They Fought for Their Country (1975)
Plot Summary:
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: heroic, tense, sentimental, rough, suspenseful, philosophical, political, suspense
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The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
Plot Summary:
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal Vaskov is stationed with a group of many young women in training.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tragic ending, epic, sad, patriotic, serious, realistic, scenic
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At War as at War (1969)
Plot Summary:
To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him under extreme pressures, one after the other, fighting the German forces occupying Ukraine during World War II. Here's the story of an impressionable man who learns in the hard way that being a leader is more than just using of his commanding voice to get what he wants.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, disturbing, patriotic