"1944" The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers.
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Non US Army movies.
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The invasion of Denmark. Seen from the perspective of a danish bicycle company.
It portrays the actual events pretty accurately.
The invasion of Denmark. Seen from the perspective of a danish bicycle company.
It portrays the actual events pretty accurately.
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Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, a german war drama following a group of friends through the war. Some join the whermacht, some stay behind. It is a good mix of drama and action.
edit: the English name is generation war.
edit: the English name is generation war.
Which is the first title quoted by the OP
(it was my fisrt tought as well, until I realized it)
There's quite a few Chinese war films that are very good quality but they generally focus on the war between them and Japan and a lot of them specifically are about Nanking. City of Life and Death is a good one but it's pretty heavy.
My Way is a Korean movie based on a true story of a Korean guy and a Japanese guy who saw action in China, Russia/Germany and France.
There's a Russian film called The Brest Fortress (I think it has other names, like Fortress of War) and it's alright but it's very typical Russian cheese.
I can't stress enough though that A Bridge Too Far is one of the best war films ever made.
My Way is a Korean movie based on a true story of a Korean guy and a Japanese guy who saw action in China, Russia/Germany and France.
There's a Russian film called The Brest Fortress (I think it has other names, like Fortress of War) and it's alright but it's very typical Russian cheese.
I can't stress enough though that A Bridge Too Far is one of the best war films ever made.
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I only got a couple of old movies:
Padenie Berlina / Upadek Berlina/ The Fall of Berlin-Soviet Russia film made in the 50s, filmed in Berlin, with the soldiers who fought in the battle, Stalin makes a few apperances himself, huge on propaganda though.
The great escape- forget the year, has US and British troops.
Padenie Berlina / Upadek Berlina/ The Fall of Berlin-Soviet Russia film made in the 50s, filmed in Berlin, with the soldiers who fought in the battle, Stalin makes a few apperances himself, huge on propaganda though.
The great escape- forget the year, has US and British troops.
Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter. An excellent German TV series about soldiers on the Eastern Front.
Recently broadcast here in Norway as Krigens unge hjerter ("The young hearts of war").
Edit: damnit, and I even did skim the thread so that I wouldn't suggest something already posted .
^^But still, it is an awesome series, and if you haven't watched it, give it a try. It's probably online with English subs somewhere, or probably on DVD.
Recently broadcast here in Norway as Krigens unge hjerter ("The young hearts of war").
Edit: damnit, and I even did skim the thread so that I wouldn't suggest something already posted
.^^But still, it is an awesome series, and if you haven't watched it, give it a try. It's probably online with English subs somewhere, or probably on DVD.
Though I've never seen it, I've heard Fury is surprisingly good, or at least better than it has right to be.
The atmosphere, music, set pieces, and opening scene are all awesome, everything else not so much.
I've actually seen that movie, here in Canada! I enjoyed it, but it sadly doesn't even have an English Wikipedia page.
Also really good, but I find it weirdly comical that Clint Eastwood is the only person in Hollywood show a sympathetic view toward, and try to explain the views of the Japanese.
Probably one of the best war movies out there. It's definitely something different.
Oh and for a suggestion, I suggest the Korean movie My Way. It's not the most historically accurate, though it's vaguely based off a real guy, but it's still pretty damn good. Definitely worth a watch.
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Indigènes (Days of Glory). It's about African troops in Free French army during WW2.
Believe me, Fury is a pile of. Some described it as worth of "The Expendables".
Should be on IMDB though
I particularly liked how it goes hand-in-hand with the Flags of our Fathers. Almost the same scenario but seen from two very different points of view in all possible ways. I should watch both again actually.
That's Korean War, right?
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- Fury saw a lot of flak because it did not portrayed US soldiers as paladins in shining armour and german soldiers as mostsuperbeliteforceinuniverse like western movies typically do.
No, it's World War 2. It's vaguely inspired by Yang Kyoungjong, a Korean guy who was in the Japanese army, the Soviet army, and the German army. He was originally conscripted into IJA in 1938, and his service ended when he was captured by U.S troops in Normandy.
Talk about a crazy story.
Anyway, My Way isn't about him, but it's the same idea except with two people, and it's actually a pretty good movie. It's something different, rather than the usual war movie fair.
I liked Fury, it's not bad when you take it from an entertainment standpoint, and not a "How the hell can a tank crew kill so many Germans!?" standpoint.
how can you not of seen a bridge too far, its the best world war 2 movie bar none
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