"Lili Marleen (film) Lili Marleen is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Hanna Schygulla. The screenplay was produced using the autobiographical novel ""Der Himmel hat viele Farben"" (""The Heavens Have Many Colors"") by Lale Andersen. However, according to Lale Andersen's last husband, Arthur Beul, the film's plot bore little relation to her real life. The film is set during the Third Reich and is about the forbidden love between the German singer Willie (Hanna Schygulla) and the Swiss Jewish composer Robert Mendelssohn (a character based on Rolf Liebermann), who actively seeks to help"
"Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. Long associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, for whom she first worked in 1965, she is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema. She won the 1979 Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress for Fassbinder's ""The Marriage of Maria Braun"", and the 1983 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Marco Ferreri film ""The Story of Piera"". Schygulla was born in Königshütte (now Chorzów, Poland) to German parents Antonie (née Mzyk) and Joseph Schygulla."
"in the Alexander Sokurov film ""Faust"". Schygulla lived in Paris from 1981 to 2014, when she left for Berlin. In 2018 she appeared in the French drama film ""The Prayer"" by Cédric Kahn. It was screened in the main competition section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. Long associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, for whom she first worked in 1965, she is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema. She won the 1979 Berlin"
"during the war. She recoils from his vision of a militarized Germany rising again. Fräulein (1958 film) Fräulein is a 1958 romance film starring Dana Wynter and Mel Ferrer as two people caught up in World War II and the aftermath. It was also released as Fraulein. In Berlin near the end of World War II, American prisoner of war Foster MacLain (Mel Ferrer) escapes and is sheltered by Professor Julius Angermann (Ivan Triesault). Angermann's daughter Erika (Dana Wynter) is not so welcoming, but hides the American from the soldiers looking for him. MacLain leaves when it is safe. Not"
"flashbacks depicting battle scenes in Algeria. A Captain's Honor A Captain's Honor () is a 1982 French war film directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. A courtroom-drama about a dead Captain whose memory is publicly accused by a historian on TV, twenty years after his death. The story follows his widow's struggle to prove that he was not a murderer and did not practise torture while he was leading a ground unit during the Algerian war. She decides to sue the man who accused him of being a torturer and thus begins an investigation which retraces the Captain's last two weeks, day"
"Guerra in the main roles. The National Tour starred Ashley and Mercedes McCambridge. There was also a summer stock production starring Sandy Dennis and Geraldine Page. As well as another production starring Peggy Cass and Susan Strasberg. The 1985 film adaptation was directed by Norman Jewison, with a script also written by Pielmeier. It garnered three Academy Award nominations: Meg Tilly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Bancroft for Lead Actress for her performance as Mother Miriam, and Best Score. Anne Pitoniak, who played Miriam Ruth in the 1980 cast, also appears in the film,"
"Clash of Loyalties Clash of Loyalties (, aka The Great Question) is a 1983 Iraqi film focusing on the formation of Iraq out of Mesopotamia in the aftermath of the First World War. The film was financed by Saddam Hussein, filmed in Iraq (mainly at the Baghdad Film Studios in Baghdad's Mansour neighbourhood and on location at the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands, Babylon and Kut) at the height of the Iran–Iraq War and starred Oliver Reed as Gerard Leachman, Marc Sinden as Captain Dawson and Helen Ryan as Gertrude Bell, with a stirring score by Ron Goodwin. Investigative journalist James Montague, writing"
"United Kingdom. Clash of Loyalties Clash of Loyalties (, aka The Great Question) is a 1983 Iraqi film focusing on the formation of Iraq out of Mesopotamia in the aftermath of the First World War. The film was financed by Saddam Hussein, filmed in Iraq (mainly at the Baghdad Film Studios in Baghdad's Mansour neighbourhood and on location at the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands, Babylon and Kut) at the height of the Iran–Iraq War and starred Oliver Reed as Gerard Leachman, Marc Sinden as Captain Dawson and Helen Ryan as Gertrude Bell, with a stirring score by Ron Goodwin. Investigative journalist James"
"one of the top British box office hits of 1956. Ferrer plays newly promoted Major Stringer of the Royal Marines, who comes up with a novel idea for a raid. By using collapsible canoes, he believes it is possible for commandos to reach an enemy-held harbour undetected and blow up ships with limpet mines. He is given command of a small group of volunteers. However, he clashes with his veteran second-in-command, cynical, by-the-book Captain Hugh Thompson (Trevor Howard). The two officers represent the clash of cultures in the Royal Marines in the Second World War and postwar. Stringer is the"
"The Marriage of Maria Braun The Marriage of Maria Braun () is a 1978 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Hanna Schygulla as Maria, whose marriage to the soldier Hermann remains unfulfilled due to World War II and his post-war imprisonment. Maria adapts to the realities of post-war Germany and becomes the wealthy mistress of an industrialist, all the while staying true to her love for Hermann. The film was one of the more successful works of Fassbinder and shaped the image of the New German Cinema in foreign countries. The film is the first"
"""maybe the greatest screenplay ever written for the motion-picture medium""; Richard Attenborough's satirical anti-war musical comedy based on Joan Littlewood's play of the same name, ""Oh! What a Lovely War"" (1969); and Spielberg's war drama ""War Horse"" (2011) based on Michael Morpurgo's children's novel of the same name. The Spanish Civil War has attracted directors from different countries. Sam Wood's ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" (1943), based on Ernest Hemingway's book of the same name, portrays the fated romance between an American played by Gary Cooper and a partisan played by Ingrid Bergman against the backdrop of the civil war."
"War and Peace (1956 film) War and Peace () is a 1956 American-Italian war drama film directed by King Vidor and written by Vidor, Bridget Boland, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Ivo Perilli, Mario Soldati, and Robert Westerby based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name. The film, released by Paramount Pictures, was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti with a music score by Nino Rota and cinematography by Jack Cardiff. The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Mel Ferrer, along with Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, John Mills and Anita Ekberg, in"
"The Greatest Battle The Greatest Battle (, also titled The Biggest Battle) is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring an ensemble cast, including Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Giuliano Gemma, John Huston, Ray Lovelock, and Guy Doleman, with a voiceover narration provided by Orson Welles. ""The Greatest Battle"" passed Italian censors on 19 January 1978. The film was released under several titles, including ""La Battaglia di Mareth"", ""The Biggest Battle"" and ""The Great Battle"". For Mick Martin and Marsha Porter it shows ""lots of phony battle scenes, bad acting, and"
"portrayal of Adolf Hitler. Actors on the set claimed his performance was so convincing that those playing German soldiers snapped to attention whenever Hopkins came onto the set, even if he wasn't in character. Actors Michael Sheard (Himmler) and Tony Steedman (Jodl) reprised their characters from the 1973 British television film ""The Death of Adolf Hitler"". The film was critically acclaimed, as the list of honors shows: Won: Nominated: ""Downfall"", 2004 film The Bunker (1981 film) The Bunker is a 1981 American made-for-television historical war film produced by Time-Life Productions based on the book ""The Bunker"" by James P. O'Donnell."
"A Captain's Honor A Captain's Honor () is a 1982 French war film directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. A courtroom-drama about a dead Captain whose memory is publicly accused by a historian on TV, twenty years after his death. The story follows his widow's struggle to prove that he was not a murderer and did not practise torture while he was leading a ground unit during the Algerian war. She decides to sue the man who accused him of being a torturer and thus begins an investigation which retraces the Captain's last two weeks, day by day. The film uses numerous"
"Fräulein (1958 film) Fräulein is a 1958 romance film starring Dana Wynter and Mel Ferrer as two people caught up in World War II and the aftermath. It was also released as Fraulein. In Berlin near the end of World War II, American prisoner of war Foster MacLain (Mel Ferrer) escapes and is sheltered by Professor Julius Angermann (Ivan Triesault). Angermann's daughter Erika (Dana Wynter) is not so welcoming, but hides the American from the soldiers looking for him. MacLain leaves when it is safe. Not long afterwards, a bomb strikes the house, killing the professor. Erika goes to live"
"in action. At first, he views the task with a degree of annoyance, then slowly begins to warm up to the orphans, risking his life and his career to protect them. Robert Englund (pre-dating his more-well-known role of Freddy Krueger) played the role of Tripper. Susan Saint James played a doctor and the love interest to Brian Anderson. Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (also known in Australia as ""Vietnam: Hell or Glory"") is a 1981 film directed by Peter Werner and written by Paul G. Hensler, set in the Vietnam War. Paul G. Hensler was"
"The Big Red One The Big Red One is a 1980 epic war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller starring Lee Marvin alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Siegfried Rauch, Bobby Di Cicco, and Kelly Ward. Based on Fuller's own experiences, it was produced independently on a lower budget, shot on location in Israel as a cost-saving measure. It was heavily cut on its original release, but a restored version, ""The Big Red One: The Reconstruction"", premièred at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, seven years after Fuller's death. Fuller wrote a book, with the same"
"production, Hepburn and her co-star Mel Ferrer began a relationship, and were married on 25 September 1954 in Switzerland. Although she appeared in no new film releases in 1955, Hepburn received the Golden Globe for World Film Favorite that year. Having become one of Hollywood's most popular box-office attractions, she went on to star in a series of successful films during the remainder of the decade, including her BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated role as Natasha Rostova in ""War and Peace"" (1956), an adaptation of the Tolstoy novel set during the Napoleonic wars, starring Henry Fonda and her husband Mel Ferrer."
"Battletruck Battletruck (also known as Warlords of the 21st Century and in Italy) is a 1982 post-apocalyptic science fiction action film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, John Ratzenberger, and Bruno Lawrence. Set in the aftermath of a devastating thermonuclear war, the plot futuristic tale of collapsed governments and bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age. A co-production between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, it was filmed on location in New Zealand and starring a number of local actors, and was part of a wave of similarly-themed films made in the"
"Caligula (film) Caligula () is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine ""Penthouse"". Producer Bob Guccione, the magazine's founder, intended to produce an explicit pornographic film with a feature film narrative and high production values. He also cast Penthouse Pets as extras in unsimulated sex scenes filmed during post-production by himself and Giancarlo Lui. Guccione hired screenwriter Gore Vidal to draft the"
"Fassbinder was not a co-producer of the film. The ruling was upheld by the Federal Court of Justice, but also ruled that the Fassbinder heirs were entitled to a share of the film's profits. Today all film rights are owned by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation. Notes Bibliography Further reading The Marriage of Maria Braun The Marriage of Maria Braun () is a 1978 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Hanna Schygulla as Maria, whose marriage to the soldier Hermann remains unfulfilled due to World War II and his post-war imprisonment. Maria adapts to the"
"The Last Hunter The Last Hunter () is a 1980 Italian ""macaroni combat"" war film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring David Warbeck and Tony King. Initially made to capitalize on the success of ""The Deer Hunter"", ""The Last Hunter"" marked the first Euro War set during the Vietnam War, as opposed to World War II like all previous entries in the subgenre. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Harry"
"Gene Warren. Sunn Classic Pictures produced a television film version of ""The Time Machine"" as a part of their ""Classics Illustrated"" series in 1978. It was a modernization of the Wells' story, making the Time Traveller a 1970s scientist working for a fictional US defence contractor, ""the Mega Corporation"". Dr. Neil Perry (John Beck), the Time Traveller, is described as one of Mega's most reliable contributors by his senior co-worker Branly (Whit Bissell, an alumnus of the 1960 adaptation). Perry's skill is demonstrated by his rapid reprogramming of an off-course missile, averting a disaster that could destroy Los Angeles. His"
"Rebel (1985 film) Rebel is a 1985 Australian musical drama directed by Michael Jenkins and starring Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, and Bryan Brown. It is set in World War Two. The movie was based on the play ""No Names, No Packdrill"", by Bob Herbert, uncle of Louis Nowra. The play had its premiere in 1979 at the University of New England. The play was performed by the Sydney Theatre Company in 1980 starring Mel Gibson and Noni Hazlehurst, directed by George Ogilvie. The production was so popular the season was extended at the Theatre Royal. It has been revived several"
"to desert. It said something about Australia and Sydney in World War II. A Soundtrack was released in December 1985 and credited to Matt Dillon and Debbie Byrne. The album peaked at number 75 on the Kent Music Report. Rebel (1985 film) Rebel is a 1985 Australian musical drama directed by Michael Jenkins and starring Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, and Bryan Brown. It is set in World War Two. The movie was based on the play ""No Names, No Packdrill"", by Bob Herbert, uncle of Louis Nowra. The play had its premiere in 1979 at the University of New England."
"long-running series charting the lives of tenants in a block of bed-sits. And in 1978, appearing in an episode of Scottish Television's ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (the title role being played by Geraldine McEwan), she took the part of Irene Cibelli. ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1979) is a TV film about the First World War from the perspective of the German troops. Filmed in Czechoslovakia, it stars Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine, and was adapted from the novel ""Im Westen nichts Neues"" by Erich Maria Remarque. Miller played Frau Kemmerich. According to Jacqueline Pearce, the actress"
"crash. Midway (1976 film) Midway, released in the United Kingdom as Battle of Midway, is a 1976 American Technicolor war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film features an international cast of stars including Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, James Shigeta, Pat Morita, Robert Ito and Christina Kokubo, among others. The music score by John Williams and the cinematography by Harry Stradling, Jr. were both highly regarded. The soundtrack used Sensurround to augment the physical"
"The Bunker (1981 film) The Bunker is a 1981 American made-for-television historical war film produced by Time-Life Productions based on the book ""The Bunker"" by James P. O'Donnell. The film, directed by George Schaefer and adapted for the screen by John Gay, is a dramatisation depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the Battle of Berlin. The film stars Anthony Hopkins as Hitler, plus an all star cast including Richard Jordan, Susan Blakely, and Cliff Gorman. The film opens in 1945, with O'Donnell (James Naughton) gaining entry to"
"happen one way or another. When asked by the other soldiers if Prewitt was a good soldier in his company, Warden replies, “Hell, he was the only soldier.” Natalie Wood won the 1980 Golden Globe for ""Best TV Actress - Drama"". For the 1980 series spinoff, see ""From Here to Eternity"" (TV series). From Here to Eternity (miniseries) From Here to Eternity is a 1979 American three-part, six-hour television miniseries and a remake of the 1953 film ""From Here to Eternity"" based on the 1951 novel of the same name. All three conclude with the December 7, 1941 attack on"
"the 78th Division in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive in World War I. ""Iraq War"" Gardens of Stone is a 1987 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Proffitt. It stars James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones and D. B. Sweeney. The movie is set in 1968 and 1969, attempts to examine the meaning of the Vietnam War entirely through the eyes of the members of the <nowiki>""</nowiki>Old Guard,<nowiki>""</nowiki> the stateside-based elite Army unit whose duties include Presidential escorts and military funerals at Arlington. 3rd U.S. Infantry"
"a poor script"". Leonard Maltin writes: ""Amateurish muddle about WW2 combines tired vignettes with well-known stars, dubbed sequences with others, and newsreel footage narrated by Orson Welles. A waste of everybody's time"". The Greatest Battle The Greatest Battle (, also titled The Biggest Battle) is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring an ensemble cast, including Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Giuliano Gemma, John Huston, Ray Lovelock, and Guy Doleman, with a voiceover narration provided by Orson Welles. ""The Greatest Battle"" passed Italian censors on 19 January 1978. The film was"
"Midway (1976 film) Midway, released in the United Kingdom as Battle of Midway, is a 1976 American Technicolor war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film features an international cast of stars including Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, James Shigeta, Pat Morita, Robert Ito and Christina Kokubo, among others. The music score by John Williams and the cinematography by Harry Stradling, Jr. were both highly regarded. The soundtrack used Sensurround to augment the physical sensation"