Drama, War, History
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
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Vláčik do stanice víťazstvo
Zarki
Mount of Lament
In Four Rows
Black Birds
When You Hear the Bells
Cyclops
That Justice Be Done
If War Comes Tomorrow
...nebo být zabit
The History of Time Travel
Nightmare
Knot
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IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 2015
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IMDB 0 | May , 1970
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IMDB 4.8 | Aug , 2015
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 1980
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IMDB 6 | Apr , 2024
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 1968
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IMDB 7 | Feb , 1993
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1985
Zarki
IMDB 5 | Nov , 1970
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IMDB 6 | May , 1968
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IMDB 5 | Oct , 1945
Newsreel footage from both sides of World War II make a case for convicting Nazi war criminals.If War Comes Tomorrow
IMDB 1 | Feb , 1938
The propaganda documentary about the readiness of the Red Army to repulse any enemy is based on documentary shots taken during the real maneuvers of the Red Army. Armadas of tanks, immense columns of infantry, dozens of fighters and bombers, thousands of cavalry, legendary divisions of the Civil War. The film glorifies Soviet military power and shows the Soviet people what the war will be like when the imperialists attack the USSR — quick, victorious, almost bloodless....nebo být zabit
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1986
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IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1972
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1985
The story takes place in March of 1943 during transportations of Jews from Skopje. Nikola is a surgeon who was taken his working license away, and spends evening hours at the local bar where German officers, along with Bulgarian officer Simeonov, play Russian roulette with their gun pointed at prisoner's head. After suicide of one German mayor, Nikola and the prisoner escape.