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Wars in the Middle East
The VietNam War
The Cold War
The Korean War
collections & docufilms
books about war films

on Page Two:
World War II

          trench warfare in France during World War I           here on Page Three:
Spanish Civil War
World War I
War Between the States
The Revolutionary War
Miscellaneous Wars



The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39
[17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939]

The Practice War

Robert Capa / Heart Of Spain   "Robert Capa: Heart Of Spain" [2005]
Photographs of the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, 1936-1939; text by Juan Fusi Aizpùria; from the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

Aperture Foundation 11½x9½ pb [6/2005] out of print/used
Aperture Foundation 9¾x12 hardcover [6/2005] for $40.00
Brother Against Brother  
"Brother Against Brother: The Spanish Civil War" [Kultur July 2001]
Kultur Video b&w/color DVD [1/2007] for $17.99
full credits at IMDb

"The Good Fight" [1984]

"La Guerre et Fini" [1966]
Directed by Alain Resnais; starring Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin,
Geneviève Bujold, Jean-François Rémi & Michel Piccoli

"Land & Freedom" [1995]
Directed by Ken Loach

"The Old Memory" [Spain 1979 documentary]
Directed by Jaime Camino

"The Spanish Earth" [July 1937 documentary]
Directed by Joris Ivens; narrated by John Dos Passos & Ernest Hemingway

"To Die In Madrid" [Sept 1965 documentary]



World War I, 1914-18
[28 June 1914 to 11 November 1918]

The 'War To End All Wars'

browse World War I books on Amazon
browse World War I movies on DVD on Amazon
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browse World War I documentaries on VHS on Amazon
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Literature of The First World War  
"The Cambridge Companion To The Literature of The First World War" [2005]
by Vincent Sherry

Cambridge Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2005] for $24.69
Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2005] for $75.00
First World War & Popular Cinema   "The First World War and Popular Cinema: 1914 To The Present"
[2004] by Michael Paris

Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [4/2000] for $29.95
Rutgers Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2000] for $60.00
First World War box set   "The First World War: The Complete Series" [Channel 4 TV 2003]
Directed by Marcus Kiggell, Simon Rockell & Corina Sturmer

Image Ent. DVD [8/2005] 4 disks for $34.99
full credits from IMDb
World War I Silents   "World War I Films of The Silent Era" [2002]
Image Ent. b&w DVD [2/2002] for $22.99
Image Ent. b&w VHS [1/2002] 2 tapes for $18.98
includes "Fighting The War" [1916]; "The Log of The U-35" [1917]; "The Secret Game" [1917 feature] directed by William C. de Mille; and "The Moving Picture Boys In The Great War" [1975 documentary] directed by Larry Ward
Cinema & the Great War   "Cinema and The Great War" [1997]
by Andrew Kelly

Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/97] for $125.00

"A Very Long Engagement"
{aka 'Un long dimanche de fiançailles'} [Warner France 2004]
Co-written & directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; based on the novel by Sebastien Japrisot;
starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel & Jodie Foster
DVDfull credits at IMDb

"All Quiet On The Western Front"
{from the novel 'Im Westens Nichts Neues' by Erich Maria Remarque}
feature film directed by Lewis Milestone [Universal April 1930]: full credits at IMDb
Telefilm directed by Delbert Mann [ITC/Marble Arch TV 1979]: full credits at IMDb

sequel  "The Road Back" aka "Der Weg Zurück"
[Universal June 1937]
Directed by James Whale; full credits at IMDb

"The Blue Max" [1966]: full credits at IMDb

"The  Big  Parade"  [M.G.M. Nov 1925; restored 2005]
The Big Parade silent classic   Actually the prologue to screenwriter L. Stallings's autobiography "Plumes" [1924]; an idle rich American boy enlists in the Army and is sent to France where he becomes friends with two fellow soldiers, suffers in the trenches, and finds love with a French girl.
Directed by King Vidor [1894-1982]; script by Harry Behn, based on a play by Joseph Farnham and the story "Plumes" by Laurence Stallings; starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Claire Adams, Robert Ober, Tom O'Brien, Karl Dane, Kathleen Key, Rosita Marstini & Julanne Johnston; listed on National Film Registry (1992)
Warner b&w VHS [4/92] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
entry about the film at Wikipedia
Plumes autobographical novel  
"Plumes" [1924] by Laurence Stallings [1894-1968]
Used as partial basis for Vidor's silent war film "The Big Parade" [1925], the autobographical novel tells of the aftermath of military service in Europe during The Great War; the author/- protagonist returned to a wife and daughter after losing a leg in battle and struggled with the loss of his idealistic faith in government and society.
Univ SC Press 8x5 pb [11/2006] for $15.56

"Flyboys" [2006]: full credits at IMDb
Young Americans of the Lafayette Escadrille; directed by Tony Bill

"Gallipoli" [1981]: full credits at IMDb
Gallipoli / ANZAC official website
"Gallipoli" [Turkish 2005 documentary]

"The  Grand  Illusion"
[France June 1937; USA Sept 1938]
Grand Illusion   Complex, profound and heartbreakingly human look at the illusions inherent in war & heroism, social class & individual character, romantic love, religion – all are trapped in illusion. Co-written & directed by Jean Renoir; starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim & Marcel Dalio; nominated for Best Picture Oscar
Criterion b&w DVD w/English subtitles [11/99] for $34.76
TimelessVideo b&w VHS w/English subtitles [8/97] for $14.99
Criterion b&w VHS w/English subtitles [11/99] for $29.95
full credits from IMDb

"Hell's Angels" [1930]
Produced & co-directed by Howard Hughes; starring Ben Lyon, James Hall &
Jean Harlow; full credits at IMDb

"Johnny Got His Gun" [1971]
Written & directed by Dalton Trumbo, based on his novel; full credits at IMDb

"King & Country" [1964]
Directed by Joseph Losey; starring Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay & Leo McKern; full credits at IMDb

"King  of  Hearts"
aka "Le Roi de Coeur" [France 1966]
King of Hearts   The inmates of an insane asylum get loose, but they may be more sane than the outside world. A delightful, surreal, farcical anti-war fairytale. Directed by Philippe de Broca; starring Alan Bates & Geneviève Bujold
MGM/UA letterbox DVD [4/2001] with Eng/Span/Fr subtitles for $16.99
MGM/UA widescreen VHS [11/2001] with English subtitles for $16.99
full credits from IMDb

"Lafayette Escadrille" [1958]
Co-written & directed by William A. Wellman; starring Tab Hunter, David Janssen, Will Hutchins
& Clint Eastwood; full credits at IMDb

   "Lawrence of Arabia" [Columbia 1962]
completely fulfills the term 'epic film'; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
full credits from IMDb

"The Lost Patrol" [1934]
Directed by John Ford [1894-1973]; starring Victor McLaglen; full credits at IMDb

"Paths of Glory" [United Artists Dec 1957]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; co-written by Calder Willingham
& Jim Thompson; based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb; full credits from IMDb

"Bericht einer Offensive" [German TV movie Aug 1969]
based on the novel "Paths of Glory" by Humphrey Cobb; full credits from IMDb

"The  Road  To  Glory"  [Fox Aug 1936]
Directed by Howard Hawks; co-written by William Faulkner; starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter,
Lionel Barrymore & June Lang; video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

"Sergeant York"
[Warner Bros. Sept 1941]
full credits from IMDb

"Westfront 1918" [1930]
Directed by G.W. Pabst; full credits at IMDb

"Wings" [1927]: full credits at IMDb

World War I German Luftwaffe Fokker triplane



The  Spanish - American  War

History Channel / Spanish-American War   "The History Channel Presents The Spanish-American War"
"First Intervention" [May 2007] Co-produced & directed by Phil Tuckett; written by Steven Zorn
A&E Home Video color DVD [7/2007] for $21.99
full credits at IMDb
"Birth of A Superpower" [1998] Co-produced & directed by Sammy Jackson
A&E Home Video color DVD [12/2005] for $21.99
A&E Home Video color VHS [8/2001] for $28.45
full credits at IMDb




The  War  Between  the  States
[12 April 1861 to 9 April 1865]

The last I heard, the Union was winning.

browse U.S. Civil War books on Amazon
browse U.S. Civil War movies on DVD on Amazon
browse U.S. Civil War movies on VHS on Amazon
browse U.S. Civil War documentaries on VHS on Amazon
browse U.S. Civil War documentaries on DVD on Amazon

U.S. Civil War section of the U.S. Timeline at Spirit of America

Civil War Silents   "Civil War Films of The Silent Era" [2000]
Image Ent. b&w DVD [12/2000] for $22.99
Image Ent. b&w VHS [12/2000] for $17.98
includes "The Coward" [1915 feature] & two nickelodeon films "Drummer of the Eighth" [1913] & "Grand-Dad" [1913] – all from pioneering producer Thomas H. Ince

"The  Civil  War:  A  Film  by  Ken  Burns"

"Cold Mountain" [2003]: full credits at IMDb

"The  General" [BKP/UA 1927 silent]
General etc   "one of the best five silent films ever made" per A.F.I.; listed on National Film Registry 1989
Co-written by & directed by and starring Buster Keaton [1895-1966]
Kino Video b&w DVD [10/99] for $26.99
Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
video & DVD above also contain "The Playhouse" & "Cops" Keaton shorts
Jef Films b&w VHS [5/98] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb

"Glory" [1989]: full credits at IMDb

"Gone  With  The  Wind"
[Selznick/M.G.M. Dec 1939]
Best Picture Oscar   Gone With The Wind poster   Beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara loses her first love, and takes up with renegade Rhett Butler at the start of the War Between The States; she refuses to admit her love for Rhett and eventually loses him and her beloved Tara plantation.
Produced by David O. Selznick; directed by Victor Fleming; starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Evelyn Keyes, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory, Jane Darwell, Ward Bond & Yakima Canutt; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Color Cinematography, Best Actress [VL], Best Supporting Actress [HM], Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Honorary Oscar for "outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood"; Oscar nominations for Best Actor [Gable], Best Supporting Actress [OdH], Best Special Effects, Best Music Score [Max Steiner] & Best Sound; listed on National Film Registry (1989)
Warner Collector's Edition color DVD set [11/2004] 4 disks for $27.99
Warner Special Edition color DVD [1/2006] 2 disks for $13.99
Warner color VHS [3/2000] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used
Rhino/WEA soundtrack CD [6/97] for $11.98
full credits from IMDb
official movie site

Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With The Wind'   based on Margaret Mitchell's novel [Scribner Sept 1936]
awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1937; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005)
Warner Books mass pb [8/93] for $7.99
Warner Books 8¼x5½ pb [4/99] for $10.85
Scribner 8½x6 hardcover [facsimile] for $17.82
Margaret Mitchell [1900-49] entry at Wikipedia

'Gone With The Wind' posters & photos at AllPosters.com
G.W.T.W. Ring on RingSurf
Dawn's G.W.T.W. fansite
official "G.W.T.W." website

"The Great Locomotive Chase" [Disney 1952]
full credits at IMDb




The  Revolutionary  Wars

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The  French  &  Indian  War
[3 July 1754 to 10 February 1763]

The  Revolutionary  War
[19 April 1775 to 3 September 1783]
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The  War  of  1812
[18 June 1812 to 17 February 1815]
browse War of 1812 books on Amazon

"The  Buccaneer"
During the war of 1812, Britain tries to persuade pirate Jean Lafitte to join them against
American interests in Louisiana; based on the 1930 novel "Lafitte The Pirate" by Lyle Saxon
Buccaneer video   b&w feature film [Paramount Jan 1938]
Co-produced & directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring Fredric March, Akim Tamiroff, Walter Brennan & Spring Byington
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

color remake [Paramount Dec 1958]
Directed by Anthony Quinn; starring Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Inger Stevens, Henry Hull, E.G. Marshall, Charlton Heston, Lorne Greene, Ted de Corsia & Woody Strode
Paramount color VHS [7/96] out of stock/used
Varese soundtrack CD [7/91] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb

"The Crossing" [A&E tv movie Jan 2000]
full credits at IMDb

"Drums Along The Mohawk" [Fox Nov 1939]
Directed by John Ford; starring Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert,
Edna May Oliver, John Carradine & Arthur Shields
full credits at IMDb

"The Patriot" [Columbia/Sony 2000]
Directed by Roland Emmerich; starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson,
Chris Cooper, Rene Auberjonois, Lisa Brenner & Tom Wilkinson
full credits at IMDb

"Revolution" [Goldcrest/Warner 1985]
Directed by Hugh Hudson; starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski & Joan Plowright
full credits at IMDb

"1776" [Columbia Nov 1972]
1776 video   A musical version of the meetings in Philadelphia prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Directed by Peter H. Hunt; starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard & Blythe Danner
Col/TriStar color VHS [4/91] for $17.99
Col/TriStar color VHS [8/98] out of stock/used
Col/TriStar color DVD [7/2002] for $22.46
full credits from IMDb
based on the Broadway musical by Sherman Edwards & Peter Stone

"The War That Made America:
The Story of The French and Indian War"

[P.B.S./W.Q.E.D. Jan 2006]
The Story of the French and Indian War   Co-produced, written & co-directed by Ben Loeterman & Eric Stange; hosted by Graham Greene, starring Larry Nehring, Alex Coleman, Chris Davenport, Ed Brigadier, Kevin McClatchy, Jeff Monahan, Anne Harsch & Shane Callahan
P.B.S. 4-hour color DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $29.99
Valley soundtrack CD [1/2006] for $16.98
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site

Liberty! The American Revolutionmini-series  "Liberty! The American Revolution" [P.B.S. mini-series Nov 1997]
Co-produced & co-directed by Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer; hosted by Forrest Sawyer, narration by Edward Herrmann
P.B.S./Paramount color DVD [6/2004] 3 disks for $44.99
P.B.S. Home Video color VHS [6/98] 6 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
American Revolution mini-series   "The American Revolution" [History Channel mini-series Nov 1994]
Directed by Lisa Bourgoujian; narration by Charles Durning, Michael Learned, Rick Schroder & Cliff Robertson
A&E Home Video color DVD [4/2005] 3 sdisks for $71.99
A&E Home Video color VHS [4/97] 6 tapes out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
War of 1812 mini-series   "The War of 1812" 7-film package [History Channel]
A&E Home Video color DVD [2/2005] 2 disks for $21.49
includes "First Invasion: The War of 1812" [2004 TV] co-produced & directed by Gary Foreman; "The Battle of New Orleans"; "A&E Biography: Andrew Jackson - A Man For The People"; "Save Our History: The Star-Spangled Banner"; docufilm "Behind The Scenes of First Invasion: The War of 1812"; "The Great Ships" episode "The Ironclads (of 1812)"; and "Extreme History" docu-short/episode "Surviving An 1812 Battleship"


Miscellaneous Wars and the Peacetime Military

Samurai Films at Magic Lantern

"The  Alamo" [Batjac/United Artists Oct 1960]
The Alamo 1960 movie poster   Sam Houston asked Col. Travis to stall Mexico's Gen. Santa Anna's 6,000-man army at the Alamo mission outside San Antonio. The 200 Texicans were joined by Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and others willing to fight to the death to save the new Republic of Texas. Directed by & starring John Wayne; co-starring Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills & Denver Pyle; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Wills), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music (Dimitri Tiomkin), won for Best Sound
MGM/UA UNCUT {202 min.} color VHS [12/2001] for $9.94
MGM/UA widescreen [162 min.} DVD [12/2000] for $17.98
Sony soundtrack CD [3/95] for $11.98
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster (at left) from Amazon for $9.99
14"x11" poster from Amazon for $9.99

"Alexander  Nevsky"  [Mosfilm/Russia Nov 1938]
Alexandr Nevskiy 1938 poster   True epic tale of a XIIIth Century Russian prince who rallied the people to form a ragtag army and repel Teutonic invaders at Novgorod. Co-written & co-directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]; co-directed by Dmitri Vasilyev; co-written by Pyotr Pavlenko; music by Sergei Prokofiev; starring Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov & Andrei Abrikosov
Image Ent. subtitled b&w DVD [10/98] for $21.99
Kultur Video subtitled b&w VHS [6/95] out of prodn/used
Soundtrack Factory soundtrack CD by Sergei Prokofiev [10/2000] for $11.99
full credits from IMDbfilm entry at Wikipedia

"An Officer and A Gentleman" [Lorimar July 1982]
full credits from IMDb

"The Battle of Algiers" [1966]
full credits from IMDb

"The  Battleship  Potemkin"
{'Bronenosets Potyomkin 1905'}  [Russia/Goskino Dec 1925; reissued 1950]
Battleship Potemkin original poster   Based on the historical Odessa revolt of 1905; sailors aboard the battleship Potemkin refuse to eat rancid meat and the admiral orders them shot; the sailors mutiny and kill the officers; the citizens of Odessa rally behind the sailors; cossacks arrive and slaughter the unarmed citizens on the harbor steps (famous sequence) and then the Russian navy destroys the Potemkin.
Co-written, directed & edited by Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]; starring Aleksandr Antonov
Delta b&w DVD [3/2004] for $6.99
Image Ent. b&w DVD [10/98] for $22.99
Hollywood Select Video b&w VHS [8/97] for $14.24
Soundtrack Factory Edmund Meisel soundtrack CD [9/2000] for $16.99
full credits from IMDb
movie poster art print {4 sizes} available at AllPosters.com
Eisenstein's Potemkin Shot-By-Shot  
"Sergei M. Eisenstein's Potemkin: A Shot-By-Shot Presentation" [1972]
by David Mayer

Da Capo Press 8x5½ pb [1/2001] for $16.95
Viking hardcover [2/72] out of print/used

entry about the film at Wikipedia

Battleship Potemkin Film Companion   "The Battleship Potemkin: The Film Companion" [1988]
by Richard Taylor

I.B. Tauris 8½x5½ pb [3/2001] for $21.95

"Battleship Potemkin" script [1984]
critical text by Andrew Sinclair

Faber & Faber 8¾x5½ pb [8/88] out of print/used

"Beau Geste" [Paramount 1939]
full credits from IMDb

"Black Hawk Down" [2001]: full credits at IMDb
"The True Story of Blackhawk Down" [2003 tv documentary]: full credits at IMDb

"Breaker Morant" [Australia May 1980]
full credits from IMDb

"The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell" [1955]
Starring Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy & Rod Steiger; full credits at IMDb

"Exodus" [1960]
full credits from IMDb

"Gunga  Din" [R.K.O. Jan 1939]
Gunga Din poster   11"x17" poster available at AllPosters [dot] com
In XIXth Century India, three happy-go-lucky British sergeants and a native water-bearer stand off an army of Thugee rebels at Khyber Pass. Directed by George Stevens; story by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur, based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling [1865-1936] poem; script by Joel Sayre & Fred Guiol; starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Sam Jaffe; Oscar nomination for Best B&W Cinematography, listed on National Film Registry (1999)
Warner b&w DVD [12/2004] for $14.99
Turner b&w VHS [5/93] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"Khartoum" [United Artists June 1966]
full credits from IMDb

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World"
[Miramax/Lionsgate Oct 2002]
full credits from IMDb

replica H.M.S. Surprise now berthed in San Diego, CA

"The  Mouse  That  Roared"
[Columbia Pictures Oct 1959]
Mouse That Roared video   The tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides to invade the United States, so that they can lose the war and then receive foreign aid. But the ragtag invasion force, armed only with medieval longbows, lands in New York City during a nuclear drill, wander about hoping to find someone to surrender to, and instead discover a scientist and his beautiful daughter. The tiny army kidnaps the two along with an 'ultimate weapon', which results in capitulation by the U.S. and makes Grand Fenwick a major world power. Directed by Jack Arnold; starring Peter Sellers {in 3 roles}, Jean Seberg, Leo McKern & David Kossoff
Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [7/2003] for $22.46
Columbia/TriStar color VHS [7/93] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
Mouse That Roared novel  
based on the 1955 novel by Leonard Wibberley [1915-83]
Four Walls Eight Windows 8¼x5¼ pb [1/2003] out of print/used
Bantam mass pb [8/84] out of print/used
Amereon 9x6 hardcover [12/85] out of print/used

"Nanking" [H.B.O. docudrama Dec 2007]
Nanking docudrama   The story of a small group of heroic Western expatriates who banded together to save 250,000 Chinese during the 1937 'Rape of Nanking' by the Japanese Imperial Army. Co-produced,
co-written & co-directed by Bill Guttentag; co-written & co-directed by Dan Sturman; starring Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemmingway, Hugo Armstrong, Jürgen Prochnow & Michelle Krusiec
Velocity / Thinkfilm color DVD [4/2008] for $19.99  
full credits from IMDb

"Purple Mountain" [China 2008]
photo of author Iris Chang (movie poster not available)   Directed by Simon West; script by William J. MacDonald, based on the 1997 Iris Chang book "The Rape of Nanking"; starring Michelle Yeoh
video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb
Rape of Nanking book   "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" [1997]
by Iris Chang

Personal accounts from witnesses to the 1937 'Rape of Nanking' by the Japanese Imperial Army.
Penguin 8x5 pb [11/98] for $10.88
Basic Books 9½x6 hardcover [11/97] out of print/many used

"The Real Glory" [Samuel Goldwyn 1939]
Directed by Henry Hathaway; starring Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds & Reginald Owen
full credits from IMDb

"The  Rising:  Ballad  of  Mangal  Pandey"
[India Aug 2005]
Rising / Ballad of Mangal Pandey   Mangal Pandey was a true-life sepoy (soldier) employed by the de facto ruler of India, the exloitative & ruthless British East India Company. When the new Enfield cartridges are rumored to be covered with beef and pig fat (an offense to both Hindu & Muslim soldiers), Capt. Gordon assures all that the rumor is false, and Pandey is the first to bite the cartridge and release the gunpowder (the year is 1857). When the rumor is later proved true, an enraged Pandey incites 300,000 Hindustani soldiers to rebellion. Directed by Ketan Mehta; starring Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Kiron Kher, Coral Beed, Amisha Patel, Joel Guyton Lee & Om Puri
Yashraj Films subtitled widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $29.99
full credits from IMDb

RP's Mangal Pandey fansite

"Soldier  In  The  Rain" [Allied Artists Nov 1963]
Soldier in the Rain movie poster   A sentimental comedy of the peacetime U.S. Army; a goofy supply sergeant idolizes a corrupt Master Sergeant and hopes that they will go into business together when they retire.
Produced & co-written by Blake Edwards; directed by Ralph Nelson; co-written by & Maurice Richlin, based on the William Goldman novel; music by Henry Mancini; starring Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Tom Poston, Ed Nelson, Lew Gallo, Rockne Tarkington, Paul Hartman, John Hubbard & Adam West
b&w VHS [undated] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
27"x40" poster from Amazon for $29.00
Soldier in the Rain novel   Soldier in the Rain movie tie-in paperback  
based on the 1960 novel by William Goldman
Dell movie tie-in mass pb [1/63] out of print/used
Atheneum hardcover [1/60] out of print/used

"The Travelling Players"
aka "O Thiasos" [Greece 1975, U.S.A. April 1976]
Thiasos / Travelling Players   Greek history from 1939 to 1952 - war against Italy, occupation by the Nazis, liberation, the Greek civil war - with a troupe of traveling actors providing the backdrop of ancient Greek mythology for comparison. Written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Stratos Pahis, Aliki Georgouli, Petros Zarkadis, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos & Maria Vassiliou
New Yorker Films subtitled color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"Young Winston" [Columbia Oct 1972]
full credits at IMDb

"Zulu" [Paramount/Embassy Jan 1964]
full credits from IMDb


Visit Our Other Online Film Festival Pages
Atomic Film Festival Page at Spirit of America
Ayn Rand Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Existentialist Film Festival at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Films Noir Festival at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Human Rights Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Oscar-Winning Western Movies Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage'
Philosophy Film Festival at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Pirate Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Political Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Railroad Film Festival at Spirit of America
Samurai Films at Magic Lantern
Shakespeare On Film at Magic Lantern
Western Movies Film Festival at 'Readers of the Purple Sage'

... and others on the Online Film Festivals Index Page


War [& Anti-War] Film Festival
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The Korean Warcollections & docufilmsbooks

World War II
titles: A thru FG thru MN thru ST thru Z
bookscollections & mini-series

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The Revolutionary War & War of 1812Miscellaneous Wars

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