On The War Front
On the war front
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Westfront 1918 1930 Ages 15+ The life of four soldiers fighting the last months of the First World War on the western front. Often compared to All Quiet on the Western Front, Westfront 1918 is even starker, a mole’s eye view of war from the trenches. Banned by the Nazis, it later greatly impressed the Italian Neo-Realists. Wed 12 Nov 6.00pm / Cinema A |
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The Doomed Battalion 1932 All ages Ski warfare, set in the Austrian Alps. As much an adventure film as a war movie, The Doomed Battalion became famous for scenes of its protagonists swooping down the dizzying heights on skis. We see the Hollywood cut of the joint Universal-German Tonfilm production. Thu 13 Nov 12 noon / Cinema A |
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Five Graves To Cairo 1943 PG Billy Wilder’s bravura World War Two film refashioned from a 1920s Hungarian play, dominated by Erich Von Stroheim as Hitler’s tank commander Rommel. The eerie opening sets the tone: a tank manned by the dead rumbles aimlessly through the desert. Inside the abandoned Imperial Hotel the sole survivor talks to imaginary people. Thu 13 Nov 2.00pm / Cinema A |
