In the final days of the Pacific War, two Japanese soldiers, a senior officer and a local recruit, are cornered during the battle of Okinawa and hide in a banyan tree, only coming down for food. Unaware the war has ended, the two await reinforcements for two years. As they wait, they discover differences in rank, worldviews and motivation.
The son of a veteran named Agus was faced with the shadow of his father's absence, so he grew up to be an undisciplined child. Until the veteran died and made his son follow in his father's footsteps to enter the military world.
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio into a temporary shelter. However, in the face of the Japanese army's cruel atrocities, A Chang risked his life to safely transfer the refugees and exposed the evidence of the massacre to the public.
A Complex History of the United States explores America's wild history covering its rise as a global power starting at the Spanish-American War, to World War I, and onto the eventual fallout from the Treaty of Versailles. The documentary focuses on key historical figures such as Smedley Butler, Herbert Hoover, and Charles Lindbergh, as well as analyzing the rise of domestic extremist movements of the era.
It’s the year 1403, and the Bohemian Kingdom is in chaos. While roaming marauders sow fear and terror through a kingdom without a clear ruler, Henry of Skalitz seeks to avenge his murdered parents. As an ally of the rightful king, he is sent to accompany Sir Hans Capon on a diplomatic mission. After they are brutally attacked, however, Henry and Hans undergo a series of dangerous adventures that subject them and their friendship to the ultimate test.
The short film artistically highlights the centuries-long battle for freedom and independence. At all historical times, Ukraine has given birth to warriors whose worldview was based on the desire for freedom and the willingness to give up everything for it, even their lives. Different generations of warriors depicted in the film are manifestations of the same tradition, in which the fight for freedom is the most important principle. It reveals a centuries-old history through the prism of warriors who constantly face their deaths in a battle and a kind of dialog, which the film shows through a chess game. Realizing that the outcome is predetermined, the warriors defy fate anyway.
A French nurse and an Italian photographer devote their lives to the Palestinian cause but make the ultimate sacrifice. This is a story about two Europeans who devoted their lives to the Palestinian cause and paid the ultimate price.
When a call wakes Itay up on a calm Saturday morning, ordering him to fight in the front lines of a newly emerging war, he decides to hide the news from his girlfriend so he can spend one last normal day with her.
As his son is drafted into the army, a father volunteers months later to serve in the same regiment, determined to protect him from the horrors of war — even if it means never coming home again ...
The film is dedicated to the people supporting refugees from Ukraine, who arrived in Poland after the outbreak of a full-scale conflict in their home country, in 2022. The main protagonists shown in the film are young Ukrainians living in ToruĊ.
Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the chaos, Commander Mohamed Bida and his men are in charge of security at the French embassy, the last Western mission to remain open. Trapped along with 500 people, left to their own devices, the team must reach the airport at all costs. A perilous mission with no guarantee of success to flee the hell of Kabul and rescue what remains of humanity.
two men are conscripted by the special forces to take out the french dictator known as Louis Vautrin. on their way to put an end to his massacre, they take a wrong turn and find themselves in an acive battlefield. after a grenade leaves them both near death, one is captured and the other must find his way to the headquarters of the french, not only to end Louis' regime, but to save his close friend