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List Of War Films And TV Specials
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. Ancient history (3050 BC – AD 476) The Middle Ages (476 – 1453) Early Modern history (1453 - 1775) The Age of Revolution and Empire (1775-1914) The Age of Extremes: The Short 20th Century (1914-1945) Note: From World war I to World War II The Age of Extremes: The Short 20th Century (1945-2001) Note: From the start of the Cold War until the end in 1990s The War on Terror & The 21st Century (2001-present) Mercenaries in the third world (See also: Mercenaries in popular culture: Films) * ''Geschwader Fledermaus'' (''Bat Squadron'') (1957) * '' Cerný prapor'' (''The Black Battalion''/''Das schwarze Bataillon''/''Bataillon des Teufels'') (1958) * '' Kommando 52'' (''Commando 52'') (1965) * ''Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders'' (''The Laughing Man – Confessions of a Killer'') (1966) * ''Africa Addio'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them. Themes explored include combat, survival and escape, camaraderie between soldiers, sacrifice, the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and the moral and human issues raised by war. War films are often categorized by their milieu, such as the Korean War; the most popular subject is the Second World War. The stories told may be fiction, historical drama, or biographical. Critics have noted similarities between the Western and the war film. Nations such as China, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia have their own traditions of war film, centred on their own revolutionary wars but taking varied forms, from action and historical drama to wartime romance. Subgenres, not necessarily distinct, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Geese
''The Wild Geese'' is a 1978 war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger. The screenplay concerns a group of mercenaries in Africa. It was the result of a long-held ambition of its producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film similar to '' The Guns of Navarone'' or ''Where Eagles Dare''. The producer and director would later make ''The Sea Wolves'' starring several cast members from this film. The screenplay by Reginald Rose was based on an unpublished novel titled '' The Thin White Line'' by Daniel Carney. The film was named ''The Wild Geese'' after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by a 17th-century Irish mercenary army (see Flight of the Wild Geese). Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film. The novel was based upon rumours and speculation following the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Historical Drama Films And Series Set In Near Eastern And Western Civilization
The historical drama or period drama is a film genre in which stories are based upon historical events and famous people. Some historical dramas are docudramas, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical dramas are fictionalized tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds, such as ''Braveheart'', which is loosely based on the 13th-century knight William Wallace's fight for Scotland's independence. Due to the sheer volume of films included in this genre and in the interest of continuity, this list is primarily focused on films pertaining to the history of Near Eastern and Western civilization. For films pertaining to the history of East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia, please refer also to the List of historical films set in Asia. Films set in the Stone Age (before 3300 BC) Films set in the Bronze Age (3300–1200 BC) Films set in the Iron Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Films And TV Series Set In The 1920s
{{lists of films 1930s * ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'' (1938) * ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938) * ''The Bitter Tea of General Yen'' (1933) * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) * '' Boys Town'' (1938) * ''The Great Ziegfeld'' (1936) * ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932) * '' The Informer'' (1935) * ''It Happened in Hollywood'' (1937) * '' The Key'' (1934) * ''Manhattan Melodrama'' (1934) * ''The Mummy'' (1932) * ''Mystery of the Wax Museum'' (1933) * ''The Public Enemy'' (1931) * ''The Road Back'' (1937) * ''The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) * '' Scarface'' (1932) * ''Show Boat'' (1936) * '' Vanity Fair'' (1932) * ''Viva Villa!'' (1934) 1940s * ''Citizen Kane'' (1941) * ''Edison the Man'' (1940) * '' Happy Land'' (1943) * '' Heaven Can Wait'' (1943) * ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946) * ''One Foot in Heaven'' (1941) * ''Old Acquaintance'' (1943) * ''The Great Gatsby'' (1949) * ''The Jolson Story'' (1946) * ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944) * ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World War II Films
This is a list of fictional feature films or miniseries which feature events of World War II in the narrative. There is a separate list of World War II TV series. Criteria * The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. * For short films, see the List of World War II short films. * For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World War II. Fictional feature films specifically pertaining to the Holocaust appear in the List of Holocaust films#Narrative films. Common topics Many aspects of this conflict have repeatedly been the subject of drama. These common subjects will not be linked when they appear in the film descriptions below: ;Europe *Adolf Hitler, Nazis and Nazism *Nazi Germany (Third Reich) *Wehrmacht, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and Schutzstaffel *Benito Mussolini and Fascism *King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages In Film
Medieval films imagine and portray the Middle Ages through the visual, audio and thematic forms of cinema. Background The 20th century is not the first to create images of life during medieval times. The Middle Ages ended over five centuries ago and each century has imagined, portrayed and depicted the Middle Ages through painting, architecture, poetry, music and novel. In the 20th century, film has defined Medieval history perhaps more so than any other medium. While the conclusions of academic research and findings of archeology have advanced knowledge of the Middle Ages, nothing has had more widespread influence on more people than the images created by film. Just as most people's perceptions of the American Wild West were drawn from cinema, versus source material or academic research, so too most peoples perceptions of the Middle Ages were influenced by the powerful narratives and images of film. If film was the most influential medium, Hollywood was the most influential ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat In Film
Cinematic fight choreography or staged fights in cinema include performances of archery, classical fencing, historical fencing, martial arts, close combat, and duels in general, as well as choreography of full-scale battles with hundreds of combatants. Asian martial arts The 1970s in Hong Kong saw the rise and sudden death of international martial arts and film superstar Bruce Lee, who is known for popularizing Hong Kong action cinema. He was succeeded in the 1980s by Jackie Chan, who popularized the use of comedy and dangerous stunts in action films. Hong Kong-based fight choreographer Yuen Wo-ping is famed for his work on ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' and the ''Matrix'' trilogy, in which the often unrealistic fighting techniques are complemented by directorial techniques such as bullet time. Ching Siu-tung is particularly noted in the field of Hong Kong action cinema for his use of graceful wire fu techniques. Notable Asian martial arts choreographers: *Yoshio Sugino * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them. Themes explored include combat, survival and escape, camaraderie between soldiers, sacrifice, the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and the moral and human issues raised by war. War films are often categorized by their milieu, such as the Korean War; the most popular subject is the Second World War. The stories told may be fiction, historical drama, or biographical. Critics have noted similarities between the Western and the war film. Nations such as China, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia have their own traditions of war film, centred on their own revolutionary wars but taking varied forms, from action and historical drama to wartime romance. Subgenres, not necessarily distinct, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldiers Of Fortune (2012 Film)
''Soldiers of Fortune'' is a 2012 American action film directed by Maksim Korostyshevsky and starring Christian Slater, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Bean, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames. It was shot in Ukraine. Plot As the film opens, Captains Craig McCenzie (Christian Slater) and Mike Reed ( Freddy Rodriguez) are United States special forces soldiers on a mission to find Osama Bin Laden in an unspecified location in the Middle East. Their mission quickly goes awry when CIA operative Carter Mason (Colm Meaney) turns up independently, but with Reed already having infiltrated the settlement he is unable to extract himself and his cover is quickly blown. Captured by the locals, he is interrogated briefly by Mason, who threatens to emasculate him if he does not disclose the full details of his operation, but he is swiftly freed by McCenzie, much to the displeasure of the agent. Four years later, both McCenzie and Reed have been dishonorably discharged from the army due to the influence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister BOB
Mister Bob is a 2011 French drama film directed and co-scripted by Thomas Vincent. Plot The film follows the exploits of the French mercenary Bob Denard in the Congo between 1964 and 1967. The story begins in July 1967 with Denard who has just staged a rebellion against President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu of the Congo giving a rousing speech to his mercenaries while looking worried when he reads a message from Paris. Denard and his men are engaged in heavy fighting against the ''Armée Nationale Congolaise'' and Denard is wounded. In a delirious state, Denard flash-backs to 1964 when he was hired by the ''Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage'' (SDECE) to go to the Congo to fight for the pro-Western Premier Moïse Tshombe, who has just lost control of the entire eastern half of the Congo to the leftwing Simba rebellion supported by Cuba and China. Denard is bored with civilian life in Paris, and embraces the chance to go to Congo to have some adventure. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Of War (film)
''Men of War'' is a 1994 action film directed by Perry Lang, written by John Sayles, and revised by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris. It stars Dolph Lundgren as Nick Gunar, a former Special Ops soldier who leads a group of mercenaries to a treasure island in the South China Sea. Plot Nick Gunar, an ex-soldier, is down and out in Chicago in a typically cold winter. When two men offer him a job on a tropical island, he reluctantly agrees and gathers together a group of soldier friends also down on their luck. They arrive in the Far East and come up against the evil Keefer, who was with Nick in Angola. He now owns the local police force and shows Nick and the others who's boss. Afterwards, Nick and his crew go to the island, which they find is occupied by peaceful natives—natives who the mercenaries are supposed to convince to abandon the island. Nick respects them, but there is friction caused by a few mercenaries who want to kill natives to persuade them to leave, or, alternatively, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
