DogOnPorch Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 The Soviet epic WW2 film...Come and See (1985) https://russianfilmhub.com/movies/come-and-see-1985/ Preview...it's harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 The Brest Fortress (2010) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Panfilov's 28 Men (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCanMan Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Secrets of the Dead was a really good series. I thought this one was especially good. Belongs with Das Boot on the list of ‘must see submarine shows’. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Zeppelin (1971) Michael York & Elke Sommer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_(film) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 22 hours ago, WestCanMan said: Secrets of the Dead was a really good series. I thought this one was especially good. Belongs with Das Boot on the list of ‘must see submarine shows’. Good catch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Von Richthofen and Brown (1971) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Richthofen_and_Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 The Bomber (2011 Russian) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 The Fighting Seabees (1944) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Seabees John Wayne, Susan Hayward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Anthony Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Help! I am looking for a film from about 40 years ago. Soviet, Afghanistan, nasty, guy abandoned on a rock. Does that ring any bells? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just now, Charles Anthony said: Help! I am looking for a film from about 40 years ago. Soviet, Afghanistan, nasty, guy abandoned on a rock. Does that ring any bells? The Beast of War (1988) Not a very good copy, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Anthony Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Mercy buckets! What a face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Charles Anthony said: Mercy buckets! What a face! You're welcome. They used a real T-62, if I recall...good old Tank Boy (George Dzundza). He was very intense. Edited January 11, 2021 by DogOnPorch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Anthony Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Yikes! You took the words right out of my mind. The "under the tracks scene" still haunts me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Charles Anthony said: Yikes! You took the words right out of my mind. The "under the tracks scene" still haunts me. Yes...gruesome. Track butter...tankers call it. That Brest Fortress flick might be to your liking. I found it quite compelling. Similar tank scene... Much of the film was made at the real fortress...an 19th century Vauban star fort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brest_Fortress Edited January 11, 2021 by DogOnPorch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Decision Before Dawn (1951) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_Before_Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 The Valor and the Horror The Battle of Hong Kong - A Savage Christmas Canucks fight the Japanese...the only time, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) To add about the Brest Fortress... It was right on the demarcation line of the 1939 co-invasion of Poland. The Nazis & Soviets split Poland down the middle and this old fort was on the confluence of the Bug and Mukhavets Rivers. It's rail and road bridges vital to Operation Barbarossa. It was a stronghold for the local NKVD as well as having several thousand Red Army soldiers stationed there. The movie pretty much skips over the NKVD's activities...but includes several NKVD officers (Commissars...Blue hats and pants) as protagonists. The NKVD were pretty much like the SS...enforcing Party Orders dictated by Stalin & Beria. There was a firm 'No Retreat' order at Brest...and the NKVD were supposed to shoot you if you did. The movie ignores that... Oddly, it was one of the few setbacks on Day One for the Germans. They had neglected to assign armor or Luftwaffe support to this, expecting the infantry to do the job. No go... Edited January 12, 2021 by DogOnPorch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 Thanks for those titles - I'm actually collecting titles from different genres. A lot of the oldies are priceless for the simple reason of doing actual locations, and knowing that they were done before high tech. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) I found this oldie which I think was an inspiration to Tears of The Sun (Bruce Willis). It stars Rod Taylor and is about mercenaries and Simba rebels during the Congo crisis. It's titled "Dark of The Sun." Critics at the time, condemned it for its graphic depiction of violence and torture. But it was reality. Fifty years ago, Stanleyville in the Congo was the scene of one of the most savage crimes of the last century, the cold-blooded massacre of hostages by the Simba rebels. Mercenary soldiers from 5 Commando under the leadership of Lt Colonel Mike Hoare, probably the most famous merc officer since World War 2, had been unable to prevent the tragedy. But in the days to come, they saved hundreds of hostages from a tortured death, and helped restore peace to that troubled land. https://www.sofmag.com/the-stanleyville-massacre/ https://ok.ru/video/1405086141126 Edited January 12, 2021 by betsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DogOnPorch Posted January 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, betsy said: Thanks for those titles - I'm actually collecting titles from different genres. A lot of the oldies are priceless for the simple reason of doing actual locations, and knowing that they were done before high tech. Zeppelin is good for that...the model is 35 feet long...no CGI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 Set as a front in North America as the French and Indian war, during the 7-years international war between Great Britain and France...... THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992 version) https://ok.ru/video/237161810481 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Three Came Home - based on the autobiographical novel about the experience of a woman in a POW Japanese camp in North Borneo and Sarawak. Claudette Colbert stars. Edited January 12, 2021 by betsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) The Children of Huang Shi - a group of orphaned children were saved during the Japanese occupation of China (1937), by a nurse and a British journalist. https://ok.ru/video/39511984799 Edited January 12, 2021 by betsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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