Movies & Series

Dunno if you know Marcello Mastroianni , Nik. He's considered by many the best Italian actor of all times. However, he was born in my small 3000 pop town. So, after Funzo, my town has another famous character

Did Mastroianni use to play coop or occupation???

Last night I watched the Russian movie "Belyy tigr" (White Tiger) --> IMDB



A movie playing during WWII. It's not a typical war movie but has a "supernatural" twist. For me it still felt as a war movie and if you like to watch lots of T-34's and a Tiger tank it may be worth your time. If you download the movie from the well known alternative sources you can find one with many subtitles. The English subtitles in my case were not well timed and I had to adjust the "subtitle delay" constantly during the movie. I started at about 13.000 ms delay and at the end of the movie I was at 260.000 ms delay...

Storyline

In WW2, after a tank battle, a wounded Soviet tank commander is taken to the hospital. He suffers from amnesia and has severe burns on his body. He secretly believes he can communicate with any tank, as if the tank were human. After being returned to duty, the tank-man proves to be one of the best tank-men in his unit. Rumors about a new, invincible Nazi tank, circulate. It's said that a huge Nazi tank often appears out of nowhere on the battlefield and it destroys dozens of Soviet tanks. The mysterious enemy tank is nicknamed White Tiger by the Soviet soldiers. Our tank-man, Naydenov, is convinced that it was the White Tiger that destroyed his Soviet tank and he wants revenge. Naydenov is ordered to find and destroy the White Tiger. But how can one find and destroy a ghost of war?

Play Dirty (1969)



I watched this movie today and absolutely loved it!

Yesterday I watched this movie. I don't know how many times I watched it, but it's still be one of my favourites movies

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Cao Bang, the sacrificed soldiers of Indochina


My opinion: An excellent documentary, uncompromising regarding political, strategic and tactic mistakes which led, in October 1950, to the disaster of the Battle of Route Coloniale 4 , the beginning of the end for the French colonies of Indochina. The testimonies of former French soldiers are edifying and without jargon for their command at the time. The maps are merciless about the very principle of the original French operation. In its sloppy thinking, in its disorganized development, in its blindness regarding the operational possibilities of an underestimated enemy, i compare the disaster of the Battle of Route Coloniale 4 of Colonel Constans to the bloodbath of Operation Market-Garden of Marshal Montgomery.

Only in French, a pity.