1,702 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 20th Century
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Stalingrad
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1940sONE MILLION NAZIS COULDN'T TAKE IT! โ Soviet documentary film.
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The Boy from Stalingrad
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1940sHollywood's first drama of Russia's young heroes. โ If J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this bizarre boys' adventure confection. Surprised by the advancing German Army while gathering wheat outside their village, a spunky band of Russian adolescents employs a combination of wits and heroic self-sacrifice to defeat a Nazi battalion, blow up a tank, and save the people of Stalingrad from imminent destruction. A rarely-seen entry in Hollywoood's brief wartime spate of pro-Soviet propaganda films, THE BOY FROM STALINGRAD stars Serbian-American child actor Bobby Samarzich, who went on to found one of Southern California's greatest tamburitza bands.
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Inviati speciali
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1940s The 1930sAn Italian film from 1943.
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Flying Tigers
๐จ๐ณ China The 1930s The 1940sStrong Brave Men Flying in the Face of Death that We may Live ... โ Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
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Lady from Chungking
๐จ๐ณ China The 1930s The 1940sBLOODY REBELLION AGAINST SAVAGE CONQUERORS! โ In World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to rescue two downed Flying Tigers pilots who are currently in the custody of the Japanese. The rescue mission takes on even more importance with the arrival of a Japanese general, which signals a major offensive taking place in the area.
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Inside Fighting China
๐จ๐ณ China The 1930s The 1940sThis wartime newsreel from 1942 documents the efforts of China to deal with Japanese aggression.
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Texas to Bataan
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sBlasting their way to fame and glory on dangerous bataan!!! โ In the 17th of the 24 films in Monogram's "Range Buster" series, Texas ranch owner Conroy returns from Washington with an order for horses to be shipped to the Philippines. The Range Busters, Dusty, Davy and Alibi, are selected to take the horses there but, before leaving, they capture three spies who are trying to steal the horses and also learn that the ranch cook, Cookie, is a Japanese spy, but he manages to escape. In the Philippines, they go to a cafรฉ for dinner and see Cookie and Miller, a German spy. Eavesdropping, they learn that Ken Richards, a neighboring Texas rancher, is the Axis contact back in the states. They capture Cookie and break up the spy ring in the Phillipines, and then return to Texas intent on settling matters with Richards. They do so and are honored by the U.S. Government just as the radio blares forth the December 7, 1941 announcement of the Pearl Harbor bombing. They head for the nearest enlistment station.
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G.P.U.
๐ธ๐ช Sweden ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1940s The 1930sOlga, a Russian refugee from Bolshevik terror, has joined the Soviet secret police to find the man responsible for killing her parents. Meanwhile, a young Baltic couple are caught up in the schemes of the communists.
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Remember Pearl Harbor
๐ต๐ญ Philippines Hawaii The 1940sAmerica's Stiring War Cry!...Ringing Across The Oceans...Striking Fear Into The Heart Of A Sneaking Foe Who Dared To Stab Uncle Sam In The Back! โ A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
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Secret Agent of Japan
Shanghai Hawaii The 1940sNow! The First, Inside Story Behind The "Stab In The Back"! โ World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
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They Met in Bombay
๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ๐จ๐ณ China The 1930s The 1940sStealing jewels for profit . . . and hearts for pleasure! โ A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
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Kukan: The Battle Cry of China
๐จ๐ณ China The 1930s The 1940sRey Scott received an Honorary Academy Award for this documentary "For his extraordinary achievement in producing Kukan, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions."
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The Shining Path
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1930sTanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She becomes a shock labourer and ascends through the Party ranks, ultimately being elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet.
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Ninotchka
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐น๐ท Turkey The 1930sGarbo Laughs โ A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
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The Real Glory
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1900sAlways outnumbered. Never outfought. โ In the wake of the Spanish-American war, military doctor Bill Canavan (Cooper) arrives at a war-torn Filipino outpost. Infested with cholera and under attack from a vicious local Moro chieftain, the troops are terrified and their commanding officer has all but given up hope. Outnumbered and out of supplies, Canavan decides to trade his scalpel for a rifle and rally the few remaining troops into one last stand before the outpost and everyone inside becomes just another footnote in history.
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Shors
๐ท๐บ Russia ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine The 1910sThe year is 1919. German troops retreat from Ukraine. The Directory, the Ukrainian national government lead by Symon Petliura, takes control of Kyiv. Meanwhile, the Bolshevik division commanded by Mykola Shchors is marching on the capital. The Bolsheviks capture the cities of Vinnytsia, Zhmerynka, and others one by one, but lose Berdychiv to Petliuraโs forces. They are demoralized by the defeat. By his personal example of courage and military skill, Shchors inspires the retreating Red troops and leads them to victory over the enemy.
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Balalaika
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1920s The 1910sWhere there's wine, women, and song! โ A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
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Disputed Passage
๐จ๐ณ China The 1930s The 1940s"Love...marriage...give them up...they're not for we men of science! " โ A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
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The Vyborg Side
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1910sThe final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank. With great efforts, he learns the complexies of the banking trade and begins to fight off sabotaging underlings. Dymba, now a violent enemy of the Republic, tries to rob a wine store but is arrested with Maksim's help. Maksim also exposes a conspiracy of a group of tsarist officers who prepare an attempt against Lenin. He then joins the Red Army in its fight against the German occupation.
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Lenin in 1918
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1910sHistorical-revolutionary film about Lenin's activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.
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Aufruhr in Damaskus
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The Shanghai Drama
Shanghai ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong The 1930s The 1940sA Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...
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The Great Dawn
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1910sIn 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
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