Top je bio vreo 2014

Top je bio vreo 2014

Top je bio vreo 2014
1h 40min | Drama, War | 15 January 2015 (Serbia)

Storyline:

A grenade fired from a nearby hill kills the parents of a ten year old boy during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. The Boy looses his ability to speak. A lady neighbor adopts and takes care of him. The Boy is thrown out from his destroyed apartment and begins to prowl around the city with a schoolmate. Too early and too soon, he goes through the process of growing up. He learns the meanings of such words as force, death, sex. He learns how to achieve. He learns about the values. He learns what matters the most. The Lady neighbor that takes care of him tries to shelter him and protect him. Unsuccessfully. The Boy rides to fall. Death and suffering become more frequent, and more severe. When the Lady neighbor’s teenage son is killed by a sniper as a collateral damage, she then rejects the Boy. The Boy escapes the siege, and shoots from a cannon at the city.Fifteen years later, the Boy – now twenty five – and the Lady neighbor meet again. They are united in pain and suffering.

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Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977

Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977

Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977

Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977
Tomka dhe shokët e tij (original title)
1h 20min | Drama, Family | 28 October 1977 (Albania)

Storyline:

The Wehrmacht arrives in a small Albanian town after Italy capitulates to the Allies. Tomka and his gang decide to exact revenge when the German soldiers set up camp on their football pitch.

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At’ zije Republika 1965

At' zije Republika 1965

At’ zije Republika 1965
2h 14min | Drama, War | 5 November 1965 (Czechoslovakia)

Storyline:

It is the spring 1945 and the front line is getting closer to the small Moravian village of Nesovice. Twelve-year old Oldrich Vareka, nicknamed Shorty for his tiny stature, observes the events around him, recalls his memories and also finds comfort in his fantasy. Although he is an only son, his father treats him harshly and brutally punishes his every trifle. Maybe he wreaks his vengeance on him for his own unsuccessful effort to compete with the richest farmers in the village. The boys from the wealthy farms poke fun at Shorty and he takes his revenge on them in petty malice.

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Salon Kitty 1976

Salon Kitty 1976

Salon Kitty 1976
2h 9min | Drama, War | 2 March 1976 (Italy)

Storyline:

Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to “relax”. Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty’s help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

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Jan auf der Zille 1986

Jan auf der Zille 1986

Jan auf der Zille 1986
1h 26min | Drama, War | 26 March 1986 (East Germany)

Storyline:

1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is accused of a political murder, and predicted to be shot by the police when he was on the run. Jan lives with his aunt and finds a friend, Max, who wants to help him to find out what really with his father happened. During a conspirative gathering Max is shot by SA (Nazi paramilitary) and Jan succeed to escape in a barge. Erika, the daughter of the captain of the barge, and a boatman hide him. They try to help Jan to escape from police and find his father, who really survived.

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Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3

Der Laden 1998 - Teil 3

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3
4h 33min | Drama, War | TV Mini-Series (1998– )

Plot:

The main figure is the beginning of nine-year-old Esau Matt, who leads the story as a narrator. In the summer of 1919 the Esaus family moved from Grausteen to Bossdom, where the parents bought a bakery shop. This was done with great financial support from the grandfather, who also lives in the house with his wife. Neither father Heinrich nor mother Lenchen, however, have commercial skill and therefore must always borrow money from the grandfather without being able to repay it.

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Winter in Wartime 2008

Winter in Wartime 2008

Winter in Wartime 2008
Oorlogswinter (original title)
R | 1h 43min | Drama, History, War | 27 November 2008 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded British soldier. With the conflict coming to an end, Michiel comes of age and learns of the stark difference between adventure fantasy and the ugly realities of war.

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Der Laden 1998 – Teil 2

Der Laden 1998 - Teil 2

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 2
4h 33min | Drama, War | Episode aired 1998

Storyline:

The main figure is the beginning of nine-year-old Esau Matt, who leads the story as a narrator. In the summer of 1919, the Esaus family moved from Grausteen to Bossdom, where the parents bought a bakery shop. This was done with great financial support from his grandfather, who also lives with his wife in the house. Neither father Heinrich nor mother Lenchen, however, have commercial skill and therefore must always borrow money from the grandfather without being able to repay it.
In the second part Esau is 16 years old. He lives in Spremberg near his mother’s youth friend and goes to the secondary school. For the first time he is seriously in love, in Ilonka Spadi. She seems to respond to her feelings, but she also flirts with Esau’s classmate and a teacher with a Nazi-mindedness. Esau leaves the school from disappointment.

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