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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.
2) Gallipoli
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A story of how the irresistible lure of adventure and the unknown bring two young men together in the Australian army in 1915. They are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
A powerful story of love, war, and remembrance, based on the World War I memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman's point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, a film about young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
"This is Vikander's film and she is very good here."--Toronto Star
"Tough-minded and sometimes...
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
6) 1917
Publisher
Universal
Formats
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 206 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Headstrong Rosy lives on the heathered hills of Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. She cannot forsake her passionate romance with a handsome British officer. Yet, for Rosy, there is a greater love - the devotion of her reserved schoolteacher husband Charles. When Rosy has an illicit affair and is ultimately charged with treason, it is Charles who will stand by her side.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Description
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French comrades, who are commoners, in a daring escape.
12) The razor's edge
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1918, Larry Darrell returns home from World War 1 disillusioned with his materialistic society. The quest for inner peace leads Larry to reject his rich fiancee, Isabel, and go searching for truth in the Himalayas. But, Larry learns that the path to enlightenment is as painful and narrow as treading the sharp edge of a razor.
13) Sergeant York
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, doctors, nurses, and volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches of WWI. The hospital is a frontier: between the battlefield and home front but also between the old rules, hierarchies, class distinctions, and a new way of thinking.
15) J'accuse
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
After serving in World War I, a man tries to create a machine which will prevent war, but when the government interferes with his plan, he summons the ghosts of the war to rise from the dead and protest.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marking the centenary of the First World War, internationally renowned director Peter Jackson uses the voices of the veterans combined with original archival footage to bring to life the reality of war on the front line for a whole new generation. Footage has been colorized and transformed with modern production techniques to present never-before-seen detail.
17) The blue Max
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1966.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A low-born infantryman becomes a pilot during World War I, almost deliberately stepping on the sensibilities of his aristocratic comrades in the process. A national hero, he wins the Blue Max, the highest award that can be bestowed upon an aviator. His fame is exploited by a general, who tolerates the affair between the pilot and the general's wife. The canny general knows that, eventually, the pilot will become expendable, and a "heroic" death can...
19) Porco Rosso
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
20) Flyboys
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Inspired by a true story, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America's first fighter pilots. These courageous men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming true heroes who experience triumph and tragedy amid the chaos of World War I."--Container.
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