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Solo

1980

Solo

1980
4.8
Lopushansky's second film focuses on a few hours in the life of a soloist musician during the siege of Leningrad, in WWII. The Leningrad philharmonic is going to play Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, which is to be broadcast to England. The soloist, like his fellow musicians, is weak and half-starved, and doubts whether he will be able to perform well enough.
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls

1980

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls

1980
3.5
This prospective pilot to a series tells the improbable story of five American female pilots recruited into the British RAF, before the USA joined the war, to fly a new top-secret aircraft -- the helicopter.
Brothers and Friends

1980

Brothers and Friends

1980
The year is 1941, World War II is going on. Vaso returns to his village, helping the revolt of the villagers against the enemy. Marko, his brother, wants to get revenge against the people who took his fiancée. This revenge becomes part of the overall revolt.
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

1980

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

1980
5.7
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.
The Last Witness

1980

The Last Witness

1980
7.2
Detective Oh goes searching for the murderer of Yang, a small-time brewer bludgeoned to death by a quiet riverside with no witnesses, no apparent motive. As he wanders about the winter landscape of South Jeolla Province and Seoul, he finds himself caught in a story of treachery, rape and murder.
Rabbit Pie Day

1980

Rabbit Pie Day

1980
As World War II draws to a close thousands of Russian soldiers overtaken by the Allied advance in Europe find themselves in England - and they like it. The major of one particular camp foresees problems should they have to go back; but as he says, 'They're only going home, after all!' - but home to what?
Friendly Fire

1980

Friendly Fire

1980
7.5
In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
The Little Partisan Velo

1980

The Little Partisan Velo

1980
7
After his father is killed, a young boy decides to join the partisans and fight in the war.
The Medal

1980

The Medal

1980
6.7
The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In his devotion to the Habsburg Monarchy, he fanatically carries out his military orders, but he ultimately suffers the Empire's disfavor.
The Uprising

1980

The Uprising

1980
4
In Nicaragua, 1977, corruption and abuse of power are everyday occurrences under the Somoza family’s dictatorship. Eruptions of violence lead to a civil war, which the Sandinista revolutionaries win – at least for the time being. Against this backdrop, the conflict between a young soldier of the Somoza regime and his family, who sympathize with the insurgents, is illustrated.
Worlds Apart

1980

Worlds Apart

1980
After fighting the Arab armies, Assaf, an Israeli soldier, falls in love with an American living in the Arab district of Jerusalem. One day, he believes he recognizes a wanted terrorist.
Circus Maximus

1980

Circus Maximus

1980
During World War II Carlotta, the circus owner maintains herself, her lover and her rather run-down circus-team by illegal man-smuggling. In the year of 1944, besides the usual refugees, she even has to take Professor Máté, the renown mathematician to the Yugoslavian partisans. The team is joined by Carlotta's psychotic son who has escaped from an asylum.
The Pale Light of Sorrow

1980

The Pale Light of Sorrow

1980
5.8
Summer 1913, in a village near Buzăul. Ionica, the schoolteacher's son, witnesses the hard life of the poor villagers. The war is coming and his landless neighbors have to work 16 hours a day at the oil wells for miserable wages. Is there hope for them?
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

1980

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

1980
6
Documentary about women's experiences of labour, in factories, mines and dockyards, in the USA during the second World War and how it affected their work and career aspirations once they were encouraged to give up such employment in peacetime.
The Birthday

1980

The Birthday

1980
7
The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.
The Last Metro

1980

The Last Metro

1980
7.2
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Tyll the Giant

1980

Tyll the Giant

1980
6.6
Based on an Estonian folk tale about of the gigantic hero, Tõll, who lived on the island of Saaremaa (Oesel) in the Baltic Sea. Though he was king of the island, Tõll often worked as a common farmer, tending to his crops and returning to his loving wife. He was a good king, often quick to anger but always kind and willing to help his fellow man. Tõll's greatest enemy is the god of the underworld who specializes in sly, cowardly mischief. When war comes to the island, Tõll arrives to aid his dying army, but the devil takes advantage of his absence to wreak havoc on Tõll's home.
War of the Shaolin Temple

1980

War of the Shaolin Temple

1980
6
Set during the Sung Dynasty, patriotic monks of the Shaolin Temple fight against foreign invasion.
Men or Not Men

1980

Men or Not Men

1980
8.5
In Milan, in the winter of 1944, the ruthless Cane Nero leads the fascists against the partisans. Enne 2, one of the leading figures of the C.N.L., meets Berta, whom he loved three years ago, but Berta refuses to leave her husband for him. Enne 2 is pursued by the fascists of Cane Nero and, instead of running away to Turin, waits for Berta to rejoin him
The Death Sentence

1980

The Death Sentence

1980
A spy thriller set in 1943 when the Polish Resistance was killing SS- officers and collaborators in Lublin and Zamosc. Polish hitman romances with "officer's lady" while he is setting up her boyfriend for his sentence of death. In the end, he loses out to a collaborator living next door.

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