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1) First blood
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Ultimate edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mentally unstable Vietnam vet has a one-man war with the police force of a small town after they abuse him. Includes a never-before-seen alternate suicide ending, deleted scenes and commentary with Sylvester Stallone.
2) T-34
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vietnam vet Norman Hopper's quiet domestic life is shattered by the return of Charlie Bukowski, a combat buddy who dredges up terrifying flashbacks of flesh-eating in the war-torn jungles. Now on the run from the law after taking a bite out of an unwilling victim, Charlie begs Norman to help him get out of town with another fellow veteran, Tom. Soon the ragtag team of cannibals is spreading a deadly contagion through the city before heading into the...
4) King Rat
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
In Singapore's Changi Gaol during WWII, Corporal King, a thoroughly unscrupulous and opportunistic American POW, makes shabby deals with the camp guards in order to make his confinement more comfortable. King delights in rising above his military rank and social class as he uses his streetwise tactics to "rule" over his fellow Allied prisoners and his Japanese captors.
Publisher
Severin Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four WWII American soldiers have been condemned to a military prison for various offenses. While en route, a German attack allows them to escape. The group heads towards Switzerland, hoping to avoid fighting and prison. However, they wind up volunteering for a commando mission for the French Underground. Somehow, the team must sneak into the most heavily guarded base in German territory, steal the Nazi's warhead, and bring it back to the allies without...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (664 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity.
Series
Language
English
Description
As World War II rages on, the Germans open Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history. Together, under the guidance of the brilliant Bartlett the resourceful Hendley, and the steely, determined Hilts, the men plot, scheme, and dig their way to freedom at any cost!
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
A Russian army patrol is ambushed by Caucasian rebels and two survivors are taken prisoner, by a local patriarch who is hoping to barter them for the release of his captured son. A bond of understanding develops between the soldiers and their captors, but it is broken when plans for their release go awry and a chain of violence and retaliation is precipitated.
10) Rolling thunder
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Major Charles Rane returns home to Texas, he is given a true hero's welcome. He and his friend Johnny Vohden have endured eight years of physical and mental torture in a POW camp. Charlie's big homecoming includes a Cadillac convertible and a couple of thousand dollars ... and the news that his wife has fallen in love with another man.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in a gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power. This stunningly crafted narrative demonstrates how one man's life and death symbolizes the erosion of our civil rights.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Czech officer, confined in a German prison camp, poses as a British officer who's been killed. He writes the officer's wife and they fall in love through their letters.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 629 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Lewis) is now a U.S. congressman, and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Danes) has returned to civilian life. But when a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges, Brody and Carrie's lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion, deceit and desire"--Container.
14) The way back
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by an incredible true story... begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs...
15) Morituri
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, black and white. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A German war deserter is blackmailed into conducting an apparent suicide mission for the British. Forced to pose as an SS officer, Robert Crain must seize a German freighter booby-trapped to explode upon capture. Complicating the situation, sixteen prisoners of war are also brought on board, including a beautiful young concentration camp survivor.
16) Rescue dawn
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
Series
Criterion collection volume 480
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (574 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
日本語
Description
Tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet POW. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage.
18) The keeper
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a German POW is signed to the Manchester football club as a goalie, the public outcry from fans -- especially Jews -- is overwhelming. With the support of Rabbi Alexander Altmann and the British woman he loves, together they overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 616 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Carrie and Saul search for the truth behind the bombing of CIA headquarters, lines are blurred between friend and foe and no one can be trusted. While hiding a stunning secret of her own, Carrie helps recruit Brody for a dangerous mission that could offer him a chance at redemption. But when the plan unravels and Brody is targeted deep inside Iran, he must put his life in Carrie's hands, leading to one of the most suspenseful and shocking season...
20) Three came home
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British and American families living in Borneo during World War II are packed into prison camps by the Japanese, where authoress Colbert catches the eye of the tough but cultured officer Hayakawa.
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