Tag Archives: war films

the storm before the silence (film: Im Westen nichts Neues – Edward Berger, 2022)

Posted on November 14, 2022 by admin

The name of Edward Berger, the director of the new version of the screen version of Erich Maria Remarque‘s novel ‘Im Westen Nichts Neuen‘ (‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘) was already known to me. He directed 5 of the … Continue reading →

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a movie about the war that started the war (film: Dombass – Sergey Loznitsa, 2018)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by admin

The political events of recent weeks have brought to the attention of the whole world a geographical area whose existence most of us ignored or had very vague notions about – eastern Ukraine with the separatist regions that have proclaimed … Continue reading →

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sequels of war (film: Zana – Antoneta Kastrati, 2019)

Posted on December 5, 2020 by admin

‘Zana‘ (2019) directed by Antoneta Kastrati is the first film from I’ve ever seen. It is no surprise that the film deals with the wars in the Balkans at the end of the last century, among the consequences of which … Continue reading →

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the right to forgive (Film: The Railway Man – Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, 2013)

Posted on January 11, 2018 by admin

Can the unforgivable be forgiven? What is the right attitude towards perpetrators and collaborators of crimes of war, genocide and torture? Does time really heal? Is revenge the right answer? Is forgiveness possible and who has the right to forgive? … Continue reading →

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