Operation Bottleneck

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Harry Feist

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann

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.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Roberto Benigni

Cast

Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Anthony Minghella

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of...

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan

On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Ralph Bellamy, Farrah Fawcett, Polly Bergen

After years of living in the city and working in a business world altogether apart from his roots, Mike, a westernized First Nations, is contacted by freelance reporter Maureen, who was enlisted by his grandfather, shaman Old Man Hawk, to track his grandson. When Mike assents to returning with Maureen, they find that the village is bes...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

George McCowan, Daryl Duke

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George

A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Art Hindle, Trudy Young, John Vernon

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Mo...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse