war &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:war @settima@zirk.us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:51:53 +0200 Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)/div div class="caption" One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky./div div class="txt" And November 9, January 14, and January 21. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)

Apr

27

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)

One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky.

And November 9, January 14, and January 21.

#FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r1tq <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="occasion" 1746/div div class="img" Culloden (1964)/div div class="caption" One of the clansman. The look in his eyes foreshadows the Vietnam War this films comments on. DP: Dick Bush./div div class="txt" "Sir Thomas Sheridan, Jacobite military secretary. Suffering advanced debility and loss of memory. Former military engagement, 56 years ago. Sir John MacDonald, Jacobite captain of cavalry. Aged, frequently intoxicated, described as 'a man of the most limited capacities.' John William O'Sullivan, Jacobite quartermaster general. Described as 'an Irishman whose vanity is superseded only by his lack of wisdom.' Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite commander in chief. Former military experience: 10 days at a siege at the age of 13." ### – narrator /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #PeterWatkins #JohnPrebble #DickBush #BookAdaptation #CinémaVérité #DocuDrama #documentary #war #TVMovie #drama #history #Culloden #UK #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964)

Apr

16

1746

Culloden (1964)

One of the clansman. The look in his eyes foreshadows the Vietnam War this films comments on. DP: Dick Bush.

“Sir Thomas Sheridan, Jacobite military secretary. Suffering advanced debility and loss of memory. Former military engagement, 56 years ago. Sir John MacDonald, Jacobite captain of cavalry. Aged, frequently intoxicated, described as 'a man of the most limited capacities.' John William O'Sullivan, Jacobite quartermaster general. Described as 'an Irishman whose vanity is superseded only by his lack of wisdom.' Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite commander in chief. Former military experience: 10 days at a siege at the age of 13.”

– narrator

#FilmDuJour #April #PeterWatkins #JohnPrebble #DickBush #BookAdaptation #CinémaVérité #DocuDrama #documentary #war #TVMovie #drama #history #Culloden #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r1tq Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Ко то тамо пева? https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fmjc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ко то тамо пева? [Ko to tamo peva / Who's Singin' Over There?] (Slobodan Šijan, 1980)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" 1941/div div class="img" Ко то тамо пева? (1980)/div div class="caption" A singing man plays the accordion, accompanied by a child smoking a cigarette. DP: Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #SlobodanŠijan #PavleVuisić #Vojislav Kostić #BožidarBotaNikolić #drama #comedy #war #WW2 #Yugoslavia #1980s/div /section ]]>

Ко то тамо пева? [Ko to tamo peva / Who's Singin' Over There?] (Slobodan Šijan, 1980)

Apr

5

1941

Ко то тамо пева? (1980)

A singing man plays the accordion, accompanied by a child smoking a cigarette. DP: Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić.

#FilmDuJour #April #SlobodanŠijan #PavleVuisić #Vojislav Kostić #BožidarBotaNikolić #drama #comedy #war #WW2 #Yugoslavia #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fmjc Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-g31n <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" Sat/div div class="img" Threads (1984).jpg)/div div class="caption" A caption superimosed over the city of Sheffield: SHEFFIELD SATURDAY MARCH 5TH. DPs: Andrew Dunn & Paul Morris./div div class="txt" "In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in a fabric. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable." ### – Narrator /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #MickJackson #KarenMeagher #ReeceDinsdale #DavidBrierly #RitaMay #NicholasLane #JaneHazlegrove #AndrewDunn #PaulMorris #TVMovie #drama #war #Sheffield #UK #Australia #1980s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984)

Mar

5

Sat

Threads (1984)

A caption superimosed over the city of Sheffield: SHEFFIELD SATURDAY MARCH 5TH. DPs: Andrew Dunn & Paul Morris.

“In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in a fabric. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable.”

– Narrator

#FilmDuJour #March #MickJackson #KarenMeagher #ReeceDinsdale #DavidBrierly #RitaMay #NicholasLane #JaneHazlegrove #AndrewDunn #PaulMorris #TVMovie #drama #war #Sheffield #UK #Australia #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-g31n Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-66h4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" winter solstice/div div class="img" Die Blechtrommel (1979).jpg)/div div class="caption" Little Oskar with his tin drum. DP: Igor Luther./div div class="txt" Something short for winter solstice. "He's growing! Look! See how he's growing! I have seen the Lord! The Lord! The Lord!" ### – Schugger-Leo On the eve of World War 2, little Oskar – just three years old – decides he doesn't want to grow anymore. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #WinterSolstice #solstice #VolkerSchlöndorff #GünterGrass #MarioAdorf #AngelaWinkler #DavidBennent #KatharinaThalbach #DanielOlbrychski #CharlesAznavour #ErnstJacobi #JeanClaudeCarrière #MauriceJarre #FriedrichMeyer #IgorLuther #drama #history #war #WW2 #Christmas #BookAdaptation #WestGermany #France #Poland #1970s/div /section ]]>

Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)

Dec

21

winter solstice

Die Blechtrommel (1979)

Little Oskar with his tin drum. DP: Igor Luther.

Something short for winter solstice.

“He's growing! Look! See how he's growing! I have seen the Lord! The Lord! The Lord!”

– Schugger-Leo

On the eve of World War 2, little Oskar – just three years old – decides he doesn't want to grow anymore.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #WinterSolstice #solstice #VolkerSchlöndorff #GünterGrass #MarioAdorf #AngelaWinkler #DavidBennent #KatharinaThalbach #DanielOlbrychski #CharlesAznavour #ErnstJacobi #JeanClaudeCarrière #MauriceJarre #FriedrichMeyer #IgorLuther #drama #history #war #WW2 #Christmas #BookAdaptation #WestGermany #France #Poland #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-66h4 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0100 Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/hanoi-martes-13-1968 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" Hanoi, martes 13 (1968)/div div class="caption" A collage image of President Lyndon B. Johnson. His face is a hole and footage of a military burial service can be seen. DP: Iván Nápoles./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #SantiagoÁlvarez #LeoBrouwer #IvánNápoles #documentary #animation #war #ColdWar #VietnamWar #propaganda #Cuba #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968)

Dec

13

Tue

Hanoi, martes 13 (1968)

A collage image of President Lyndon B. Johnson. His face is a hole and footage of a military burial service can be seen. DP: Iván Nápoles.

#FilmDuJour #December #SantiagoÁlvarez #LeoBrouwer #IvánNápoles #documentary #animation #war #ColdWar #VietnamWar #propaganda #Cuba #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/hanoi-martes-13-1968 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Balada o trobenti in oblaku [Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud] (France... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-sz3y <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Balada o trobenti in oblaku [Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud] (France Štiglic, 1961)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="occasion" International Mountain Day/div div class="img" Balada o trobenti in oblaku (1961).jpg)/div div class="caption" A young couple dances among the mountains (via). DP: Rudi Vaupotič./div div class="txt" Set in the mountains for International Mountain Day &nbsp; 1943. With the family preparing for Christmas, old man Temnikar hears the sound of a trumpet. The patriarch sees it as his calling to follow – and kill – the White Guardists who visited his mountain farm looking for wounded Partisans. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #FranceŠtiglic #CirilKosmač #LojzePotokar #AngelcaHlebce #MarijaLojk #BrankoMiklavc #RudiKosmač #VladimirSkrbinšek #LojzeRozman #MaksBajc #PoldeBibič #AlojzSrebotnjak #RudiVaupotič #BookAdaptation #drama #Christmas #holidays #axes #war #WW2 #Yugoslavia #1960s/div /section ]]>

Balada o trobenti in oblaku [Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud] (France Štiglic, 1961)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

Balada o trobenti in oblaku (1961)

A young couple dances among the mountains (via). DP: Rudi Vaupotič.

Set in the mountains for International Mountain Day

 

1943. With the family preparing for Christmas, old man Temnikar hears the sound of a trumpet. The patriarch sees it as his calling to follow – and kill – the White Guardists who visited his mountain farm looking for wounded Partisans.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #FranceŠtiglic #CirilKosmač #LojzePotokar #AngelcaHlebce #MarijaLojk #BrankoMiklavc #RudiKosmač #VladimirSkrbinšek #LojzeRozman #MaksBajc #PoldeBibič #AlojzSrebotnjak #RudiVaupotič #BookAdaptation #drama #Christmas #holidays #axes #war #WW2 #Yugoslavia #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-sz3y Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0100 Иваново детство [Ivanovo detstvo / Ivan's Childhood] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-00fh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Иваново детство [Ivanovo detstvo / Ivan's Childhood] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day/div div class="img" Ivanovo detstvo (1962).jpg)/div div class="caption" Ivan (Nikolay Burlyaev) scouting (via). DP: Vadim Yusov./div div class="txt" A special soldier for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (USA) "They sent me out by plane to a boarding school. But I ran away. There's a war on. I can't cram some stupid stuff when it's a war." ### – Ivan A twelve-year old boy works as a scout for the Soviet army. His age and size make him an inoffensive figure in the war-scarred landscape. But inside, he's brooding for revenge. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalPearlHarborRemembranceDay #AndreiTarkovsky #VladimirBogomolov #NikolayBurlyaev #ValentinZubkov #YevgeniZharikov #StepanKrylov #MykolaHrynko #VyacheslavOvchinnikov #VadimYusov #drama #revenge #war #WW2 #BookAdaptation #SovietUnion #1960s/div /section ]]>

Иваново детство [Ivanovo detstvo / Ivan's Childhood] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)

Dec

7

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Ivanovo detstvo (1962)

Ivan (Nikolay Burlyaev) scouting (via). DP: Vadim Yusov.

A special soldier for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (USA)

“They sent me out by plane to a boarding school. But I ran away. There's a war on. I can't cram some stupid stuff when it's a war.”

– Ivan

A twelve-year old boy works as a scout for the Soviet army. His age and size make him an inoffensive figure in the war-scarred landscape. But inside, he's brooding for revenge.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalPearlHarborRemembranceDay #AndreiTarkovsky #VladimirBogomolov #NikolayBurlyaev #ValentinZubkov #YevgeniZharikov #StepanKrylov #MykolaHrynko #VyacheslavOvchinnikov #VadimYusov #drama #revenge #war #WW2 #BookAdaptation #SovietUnion #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-00fh Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0100 December 7th (John Ford + Gregg Toland, 1943) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/december-7th-1943 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" December 7th (John Ford + Gregg Toland, 1943)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" 1941/div div class="img" December 7th (1943)/div div class="caption" A Japanese person paints over the Japanese characters on their store's sign. AZUMA PHONE and SUS[HI obscured] can stay. DP: Gregg Toland./div div class="txt" "If that's Americanism, it's very hyphenated." ### – narrator\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #JohnFord #GreggToland #WalterHuston #HarryDavenport #DanaAndrews #PhilipAhn #AlfredNewman #documentary #docudrama #racism #WW2 #war #propaganda #PearlHarbor #USA #1940s/div /section ]]>

December 7th (John Ford + Gregg Toland, 1943)

Dec

7

1941

December 7th (1943)

A Japanese person paints over the Japanese characters on their store's sign. AZUMA PHONE and SUS[HI obscured] can stay. DP: Gregg Toland.

“If that's Americanism, it's very hyphenated.”

– narrator

#FilmDuJour #December #JohnFord #GreggToland #WalterHuston #HarryDavenport #DanaAndrews #PhilipAhn #AlfredNewman #documentary #docudrama #racism #WW2 #war #propaganda #PearlHarbor #USA #1940s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/december-7th-1943 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0100 Un comisar acuză [A Police Inspector Calls] (Sergiu Nicolaescu, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5ww1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Un comisar acuză [A Police Inspector Calls] (Sergiu Nicolaescu, 1974)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" 1940/div div class="img" Un comisar acuză (1974)/div div class="caption" DP: Alexandru David./div div class="txt" Takes place on the night of November 26-27, 1940. "Mister Moldovan, this is not for the first time that a criminal case is entrusted to you. It is precisely your political objectivity that made us choose you." ### – Alexandru Dincă /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #SergiuNicolaescu #SergiuNicolaescu #JeanConstantin #AmzaPellea #IonBesoiu #ȘtefanMihăilescuBrăila #AnusavanSalamanian #AlexandruDavid #thriller #crime #drama #history #war #Romania #1970s/div /section ]]>

Un comisar acuză [A Police Inspector Calls] (Sergiu Nicolaescu, 1974)

Nov

26

1940

Un comisar acuză (1974)

DP: Alexandru David.

Takes place on the night of November 26-27, 1940.

“Mister Moldovan, this is not for the first time that a criminal case is entrusted to you. It is precisely your political objectivity that made us choose you.”

– Alexandru Dincă

#FilmDuJour #November #SergiuNicolaescu #SergiuNicolaescu #JeanConstantin #AmzaPellea #IonBesoiu #ȘtefanMihăilescuBrăila #AnusavanSalamanian #AlexandruDavid #thriller #crime #drama #history #war #Romania #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5ww1 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100