It's 1942 and the Russians and Germans are deep into the bloody mire of the siege of Stalingrad. Vassili is a simple Russian soldier with a remarkable skill, he's an excellent sniper. Political officer, Danilov, expands on Vassili's accomplishments, creating a hero to boost the morale of his fellow comrades. But when both men fall in love with the same woman Danilov becomes dangerously jealous and to compound Vassili's problems the Germans send in the best sniper they have, Major Konig, to silen
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FLAME AND CITRON (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
1944, occupied Copenhagen; two young hit men are killing Danish Nazis and Germans whom their resistance commander has told them to on 'orders from London'. But things in war are never clear and no-one's motives are pure, even the heroic Flame's ideological abhorrence of the Nazis is revealed as part of a more complicated picture. Who's feeding information to whom? Why are these people being assassinated? As if opening a series of Russian Dolls, betrayals and loyalties are revealed, people are tr
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MAX MANUS (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
A high octane action - and not far from historically accurate - pic glorifying the role of Norwegian Resistance fighter Max Manus in his battle against the evil Nazi empire. We follow our likeable hero from the 1940 winter war against the Soviets in Finland through to the 1945 defeat of the Bosch. We observe his guilt at his own survival while his mates are killed in the struggle and, we learn of his own high risk manoeuvres - the mining of two German ships being a classic set piece.
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