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Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
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Sands of Iwo Jima | Dwan, Allan | 1949 | United States |
Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne as Sergeant Stryker. The film follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) during which the United States Marine... |
Le Silence de la Mer | Melville, Jean-Pierre | 1949 | France |
Le Silence de la mer (English: The Silence of the Sea) is a 1949 film by Jean-Pierre Melville. Based on the 1942 book of the same name by Jean Bruller (published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"), this film explores... |
Manon | Clouzot, Henri-Georges | 1949 | France |
This film noir reveals the decadence and decay of France following its liberation in World War II. Robert, a resistance fighter, falls in love with Manon, a suspected Nazi collaborator, in the final days of occupied France. Her amoral character... |
1848 | Risi, Dino | 1949 | Italy |
Before he became one of the renowned directors of Italian comedy, Dino Risi took on the origins of the First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849), particularly the Five Days in Milan, the insurrection that prompted the war. This short film,... |
Zhong Hua nu er / Daughters of China | Ling, Zifeng | 1949 | China |
In this propaganda film based on real-life events, eight young women join the Volunteer Army to the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchukuoto during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). In 1938, they created a rear-guard campaign that... |
The Red Danube | Sidney, George | 1949 | United States |
As an example of Hollywood's anti-communism in the early Cold War, this film combines the classic tropes of the defector and the damsel-in-distress to warn about the dangers of the Soviet Union. Assigned to repatriate Soviet nationals from... |
The Woman on Pier 13 | Stevenson, Robert | 1949 | United States |
Produced at the start of the Cold War and in the wake of the Hollywood Ten, this film tackles American communism in the labor movement and its manifestations. The leader of the local cell of communists in San Francisco blackmails Brad Collins,... |
The Red Menace | Springsteen, R. G | 1949 | United States |
In this Cold War B-movie, styled as a film noir, a disgruntled veteran becomes aware of the dangers of communism. Bill Jones joins the Communist Party USA after a real estate scam, but he soon realizes his mistake. After witnessing party leaders... |
The Third Man | Reed, Carol | 1949 | United Kingdom |
Hailed as one of the best films of all time, The Third Man explores post-World War II Vienna in a stylish film-noir style. The film stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his... |
Germania anno zero / Germany Year Zero | Rossellini, Roberto | 1948 | Italy |
In this classic film of Italian neorealism, director Roberto Rossellini uses childhood to explore the morality of war. In the devastated remains of post-war Germany, 12-year-old Edmund (Edmund Moeschke) lives with his family and five other... |