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A small group of soldiers capture a German observation post, but in turn are captured themselves. They soon escape and--with the aid of two women--try to fight their way to safety.
Victor French
Milo Riley
Majel Barrett
Teresa
Louis Massad
Donatelli
Sandy Donigan
Maria
James Almanzar
Giorgio
Lawrence Mann
Parker
Jon Cedar
Lt. Rogers
Joseph Locastro
Giovanni
William Kirschner
Dr. Romano
A small group of soldiers capture a German observation post, but in turn are captured themselves. They soon escape and--with the aid of two women--try to fight their way to safety.
With the Allies advancing into Nazi territory, a group of American soldiers find themselves vying for control of a strategic vantage point. Initially they seize the position, but then there is a counter-attack that sees them prisoners. Desperate to escape, and led by “Milo” (Victor French) they find some unlikely assistance in the guise of “Teresa” (Majel Barrett) and her more subdued friend “Maria” (Sandy Dorigan) and are soon battling their way through the Italian countryside. The start of this film reminded me a little of the “Hogan’s Heroes” series in that is has a slightly comedic feel to it’s squadron camaraderie but the writing and limited engagement of the acting talent really only takes us on a standard wartime adventure that sometimes quite violently showcases the perils of the war, even when they were on the winning side. It’s very much a low-budget affair with some ropey continuity and editing and though it does endow the two female characters with more substantial roles than in many similar adventures, the soldiers themselves offer us little beyond the standard ye-ha fayre and French is as wooden as his rifle butt. The pacing isn’t bad, and it avoids staying into romantic territory as they navigate snipers and minefields and though not exactly memorable, it’s a competent tale of WWII combat.
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.