When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times – “Wipers” being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying bothContinue reading “The Wipers Times – 2013”
Tag Archives: War
Un Dios prohibido – 2013
August 1936, the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. 51 members of the Claretian community of Barbastro (Huesca) are martyred, die for their faith. The film recounts the last weeks of his life, since they are held until they are finally shot. During that time, they perform various writings they talk about their situation, ofContinue reading “Un Dios prohibido – 2013”
Stalingrad – 2013
Drama set in 1942, during one of the most important battles of World War II, which stopped the progress of Nazi forces and turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet army mounts a counter-attack on the Nazi forces that occupy half of Stalingrad on the other side of the Volga,Continue reading “Stalingrad – 2013”
Xi Bai Po: Wang Er Xiao – 2013
A 13-year-old boy whose parents are killed in the Second Sino-Japanese War finds vengeance as a key player in the village resistance. Director : Shi Yi Cast : Genre : Animation|War Release Date : 4/28/2013 Country :
Company of Heroes – 2013
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect. Director : Don Michael Paul|Jonas Talkington Cast : Alastair Mackenzie|Chad Michael Collins|Dimitri Diatchenko|Jürgen Prochnow|Melia Kreiling|NealContinue reading “Company of Heroes – 2013”
Sound of Torture – 2013
Swedish-Eritrean radio host Meron Estefanos produces her weekly program at home in Stockholm where she broadcast, devoted entirely to the hundreds of Eritrean refugees held hostage in the Egyptian Sinai Desert. The Bedouins kidnap Eritreans making their way to Israel and demand large ransoms from their families. We follow Meron in her attempts to turnContinue reading “Sound of Torture – 2013”
Circles – 2013
Circles (Serbian: Krugovi) is a Serbian movie based on the true story of a Serbian soldier who risked his life to protect a Muslim civilian during the war in Bosnia. During the war in Bosnia in 1993, a Serbian soldier pays for his life after protecting a Muslim civilian from being attacked by three otherContinue reading “Circles – 2013”
Churchill’s First World War – 2013
Drama-documentary about Winston Churchill’s extraordinary experiences during the Great War, with intimate letters to his wife Clementine allowing the story to be told largely in his own words. Just 39 and at the peak of his powers running the Royal Navy, Churchill in 1914 dreamt of Napoleonic glory, but suffered a catastrophic fall into disgraceContinue reading “Churchill’s First World War – 2013”
Sierpniowe niebo. 63 dni chwały – 2013
Director : Irek Dobrowolski Cast : Anna Nehrebecka|Anna Romantowska|Jerzy Nowak|Krzysztof Kolberger|Łukasz Konopka Genre : Drama|War Release Date : 9/13/2013 Country : Poland
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir – 2013
Pedro Calungsod, a young Filipino man, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668. The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young Pedro, a trained catechist and mission assistant, begins work for Fr. DiegoContinue reading “Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir – 2013”
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