War, Drama, History
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Volver
The Godfather Part II
Life Is Beautiful
Monster
Talk to Her
American History X
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Breaking Away
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen
Those Who Walk Away
American Buffalo
Bad Company
Born Innocent
Pressure Point
A Kind of Loving
Steptoe & Son
To Live
Nest of Vipers
Comrade Pedersen
Daddy and Them
SIMILAR MOVIES
Volver
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 2006
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.The Godfather Part II
IMDB 8.6 | Dec , 1974
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.Life Is Beautiful
IMDB 8.4 | Dec , 1997
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.Monster
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2003
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.Talk to Her
IMDB 7.6 | Mar , 2002
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.American History X
IMDB 8.3 | Jul , 1998
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1977
Antonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of his political career and private life.Breaking Away
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1979
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen
IMDB 5 | Jan , 2024
Director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day, in a contemporary American industrial town.Those Who Walk Away
IMDB 4.5 | Feb , 2022
Max and Avery go on their first date after meeting on a social media app. Their evening takes a perilous turn when they end up at a local haunted house, the home of ‘Rotcreep’, a sinister creature that rots your body and soul with one touch.American Buffalo
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 1996
Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.Bad Company
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 1972
After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.Born Innocent
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1976
A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.Pressure Point
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1962
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.A Kind of Loving
IMDB 7 | Apr , 1962
As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.Steptoe & Son
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1972
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.To Live
IMDB 8.1 | May , 1994
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.Nest of Vipers
IMDB 4.4 | Mar , 1978
A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena.Comrade Pedersen
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 2006
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.Daddy and Them
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 2001
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.