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The film explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger. D, A S 1933 US After Tonight: George Archainbaud: A Russian spy and an Austrian captain fall in love during WW1. R S 1933 US Ever in My Heart: Archie Mayo: Romance and espionage in WW1 D, R A, S 1934 US The Lost Patrol: John Ford: Remake of Lost Patrol: A, D N ...
1917 is a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, [7] the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay ...
La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak.The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.
The film's producer confirmed that the ideal cast might include Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston and Eddie Redmayne, but that no actors had yet been approached. [5] [6] [7] Further press information in December 2016 announced that the cast would include Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge and Toby Jones, and that the film was due for release in ...
The Great War is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Stephen Ives, Amanda Pollak and Rob Rapley. [1] [2] It is based on World War I (1914–18) and focuses especially on the United States' 20-month experience (April 1917 – November 1918) of deploying to the European theater.
Britain Needs You At Once at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, unknown artist (restored by Adam Cuerden) A Hannover CL.III shot down on 4 October 1918 , by J. E. Gibbon (restored by Keraunoscopia )
The 'Age of Totalitarianism' included nearly all the infamous examples of genocide in modern history, headed by the Jewish Holocaust, but also comprising the mass murders and purges of the Communist world, other mass killings carried out by Nazi Germany and its allies, and also the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian dead from causes including genocide. The movement of large numbers of people was a major factor in the deadly Spanish flu pandemic.