Passchendaele / Grey Wolf / City Of Life And Death
[DVD]

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Passchendaele - The Battle of Passchendaele, or Third Battle of Ypres was one of the major battles of World War I and has become synonymous with the misery of fighting in thick, sodden mud. 20,000 Canadian troops went into battle and 5,000 never came home. Against this setting, Passchendaele tells the story of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. Whilst in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse with whom he develops a passionate love. When Sarah's younger asthmatic brother David (Joe Dinicol) signs up to fight in Europe, Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David, like thousands of other Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a battle against impossible odds. This is a harrowing story of passion, courage and dedication, showing the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of those that loved them. Grey Wolf - History tells us that Hitler died on 30th April 1945 by committing suicide with a single gunshot to the head. But what if history is wrong? Based on interviews with eye witnesses and years of dedicated research, this film dramatization explores the possibility that Hitler didn't die in Germany at the end of the war, but instead escaped from Berlin by air and made his way to Argentina. This is the gripping story of what might have happened; the CIA's possible involvement, his life in Patagonia, the escape routes and the astonishing fact that Hitler may have had two daughters. City of Life and Death - Nanjing, China 1937. Japanese forces invade this once-capital of the Republic of China on December 9th. Throughout the following six weeks, soldiers raped thousands of women and annihilated hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians - with mass executions; crowds mown down by firing squads, and victims digging their own graves. Few events carry the ugly and sickening connotations of what has become known as the Rape of Nanking'. Director Lu Chuan tells the horrifying story through several figures, including a conscience-stricken Japanese soldier and John Rabe, a Nazi businessman who would ultimately save thousands of Chinese civilians' lives.

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