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Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
There is much to admire in Percival's film version...--Hollywood Reporter
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (131 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Danish
Description
Based on the true story about the three dramatic days in April 1940 when the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: Surrender or die. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, King Haakon makes his final decision. He refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
3) The outpost
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on true events. A team of U.S. soldiers stationed at the deadliest outpost in Afghanistan is relentlessly attacked by an overwhelming force of Taliban insurgents. Their fight for survival is the ultimate display of American valor.
4) Fear City
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1984.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Matt runs a topless dancer talent agency in New York. When two of his dancers are brutally murdered, he suspects that Carmine, a mob-controlled competitor, is behind it. The killer takes a third victim and the newspaper headline scream out about a serial murderer. Matt and his partner Nicky attack Carmine and his gang in a terrible gunfight but they apparently have the wrong target.
5) La France
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 102 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
An intoxicating blend of wartime romance and brightly colored musical, the film depicts an original world "where Bresson meets the Beatles" (Variety).
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1950.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Tough-as-nails career Marine Sergeant John Stryker (John Wayne) is greatly disliked by the men of his squad, particularly the combat replacements, for the rigorous training he puts them through. From training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Nominated for four **Academy Awards**, including Best Writing and Best Actor. "*There are internal wars and interpersonal battles waged between many of his characters across many of [Dwan’s] films....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Virtually unseen since its theatrical premiere in 1953, Fear and desire was the ambitious first feature film by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. An existential war film often compared with the director's Paths of glory (1957) and Full metal jacket (1987), Fear and desire follows a squad of soldiers who have crash-landed behind enemy lines and must work their way downriver to rejoin their unit. In the process, they encounter a peasant girl (Virginia...
8) Catch-22
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
**Oscar** winner Mike Nichols superbly directs this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller’s scathing black comedy about a small group of pilots in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. CATCH-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions. Nominated for The UN Award and Best Cinematography...
9) Megan Leavey
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A film based on the true life story of a young marine corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED...
Publisher
MulticomTV
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Russian
Description
The year is 1989. In an era of Palestinian demands for independence, the State of Israel sends young soldiers to oversee the Arab population in the Occupied Territories. After one of them is killed, the common fate of four young soldiers and one Palestinian family is sealed. The film describes the extraordinary journey of a young soldier trying to find his place in the chaos surrounding him. Winner of the C.I.C.A.E. Award at the Berlin International...
11) Mr. Six
Publisher
Digital Media Rights
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (137 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
For decades, crime kingpin Mr. Six has run the Beijing streets with an iron fist. When Mr. Six discovers that his son, Xiaobo, is involved with a deadly street gang leader, he steps up to protect his family. As the kingpin faces a deadly illness, his old underworld friends come back together for one last stand. Nominated for Best Film and Best Director at the **Asian Film Awards**. Winner of Best Leading Actor and nominated for Best Original Screenplay...
12) Apocalypse now
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (355 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A soldier travels upriver from Vietnam into Cambodia to kill a colonel who has gone mad and is planning unauthorized attacks by his native troops. Features both the original cut and the Redux version.
13) In the fog
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
It is 1942 and the western edge of the USSR is under German occupation. In the region, local partisans are waging a brutal battle against their foreign enemies. Sushenya, an innocent rail worker, is arrested with a band of saboteurs when a train is derailed not far from his village. The German officer decides to set him free rather than hang him with the others, but rumors of Sushenya's treason spread quickly and partisans Burov and Voitik seek revenge....
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four black American soldiers, who are members of the U.S. Army's all-black 92nd 'Buffalo Soldier' division stationed in Italy during World War II, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines after they risk their lives to save a young Italian boy.
...earthy inquiry into death, duty, friendship and honor.--New York Times
Imaginative, thought-provoking, and intense.--Film Threat
Epic.--Roger Ebert
15) 1944
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Russian
Description
The year is 1944. As the Battle of Tannenberg Line rages, Estonia finds itself helplessly trapped in the crossfire of two opposing forces. With the Red Army on the offensive, the severely outnumbered SS dig in to repel the Soviet advance on the Third Reich. Half of their infantry are back to their homeland wearing enemy uniforms. Forced to fight against their own brothers, these desperate young men now must find a way to survive one of the bloodiest...
16) Eye in the Sky
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Helen Mirren stars as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top-secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international...
17) Junction 48
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
עברית
Description
Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed city of Lyd. But a family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend Manar and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the first Arab rapper is quickly noticed. Winner of the Panorama Audience Award for...
18) Wolf warrior 2
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With his career in tatters, China's deadliest Special Forces operative has settled into a quiet life on the sea. But when he crosses paths with a sadistic band of mercenaries terrorizing innocent civilians, he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier and save the day once again.
19) Many wars ago
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 101 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland, the men of an Italian infantry division have been given one objective: retake a commanding height from the enemy. Unfortunately, the tactical ingenuity of general Leone, the unpopular division commander, consists of supplementing frontal attacks against machine-guns with medieval fighting schemes. His dispirited troops must be prodded with...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Polish
Description
A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda, the final film in his celebrated war trilogy, entwines the story of one man's moral crisis on the final day of World War II with the fate of a nation.
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