The Wild Geese (
1978) | IMDb:
6.8
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Starring:
Roger Moore
,
Richard Harris
,
Hardy Krüger
,
Richard Burton
,
Stewart Granger
,
John Kani
A Bridge Too Far (
1977) | IMDb:
7.4
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Barry Lyndon (
1975) | IMDb:
8.1
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal
,
Marisa Berenson
,
Patrick Magee
,
Hardy Krüger
,
Diana Körner
,
Gay Hamilton
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (
1970) | IMDb:
7.3
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
Starring:
Anthony Quinn
,
Anna Magnani
,
Giancarlo Giannini
,
Virna Lisi
,
Hardy Krüger
,
Wolfgang Jansen
The Red Tent (
1969) | IMDb:
6.9
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Starring:
Peter Finch
,
Sean Connery
,
Claudia Cardinale
,
Hardy Krüger
,
Eduard Martsevich
,
Grigori Gaj
The Battle of Neretva (
1969) | IMDb:
7
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
Starring:
Yul Brynner
,
Sergey Bondarchuk
,
Velimir Živojinović
,
Milena Dravić
,
Ljubiša Samardžić
,
Sylva Koscina
Directed by:
Veljko Bulajić
Produced by:
The Flight of the Phoenix (
1965) | IMDb:
7.5
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Starring:
James Stewart
,
Richard Attenborough
,
Peter Finch
,
Hardy Krüger
,
Ernest Borgnine
,
Ian Bannen
Produced by:
Robert Aldrich