The Colonel's Wife

Jun 2, 1972

1h 21m

★ 5.5

Overview

Set just before the end of WWI on the abandoned farm in Vojvodina, the story follows the wife of an Austo-Hungarian colonel of a battered battalion who pays him a visit, only to experience the true Empire's decline through the meeting with disillusioned army.

Genres

History

Drama

War

Production Companies

Film Danas

The Colonel's Wife Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Pukovnikovica Eva fon Gros

Ljerka Draženović

Pukovnik Oto fon Gros & Mutavi seljak

Slobodan 'Cica' Perović

Kaplar I

Dušan Janićijević

Kaplar II

Slobodan Aligrudić

Kapetan austrougarske vojske

Janez Vrhovec

Poručnik austrougarske vojske

Žarko Bajić

Gospođa Kiš

Branka Pantelić

Pukovnikova ljubavnica

Mirjana Nikolić

Telegrafist

Ranko Kovačević

Seoski krčmar

Minja Vojvodić

Branko Petković

From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work. (Spoiler alert: 25 years later ... it does work.)

5.2

The Mark of Cain

Oct 18, 2007

After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.

7.3

Kelly's Heroes

Jun 22, 1970

A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.

6.0

Redacted

Nov 16, 2007

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

7.3

The Hurt Locker

Oct 10, 2008

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

6.3

Breakfast with the Devil

Jul 13, 1971

In 1947, among the ruins of war and in anticipation of a catastrophic flood, the locals of a Vojvodina village find themselves caught between the devastation of their livelihoods and the demands of the new Communist authorities.

7.2

The Intruder

Oct 18, 1953

When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the thief on the road to crime.

5.0

Valley of the Wolves: Iraq

Jan 31, 2006

The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.

6.1

Renaissance Man

Jun 3, 1994

An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.

6.4

Der brave Soldat Schwejk

Sep 21, 1960

No overview available.

4.3

Best Defense

Jul 20, 1984

An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.

7.0

Gallipoli

Aug 13, 1981

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

6.1

Miracle at St. Anna

Sep 15, 2008

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

6.8

The Crying Game

Sep 2, 1992

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

6.6

Midway

Jun 18, 1976

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

7.1

Dead Man's Shoes

Sep 29, 2004

A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.

6.7

Memphis Belle

Sep 7, 1990

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.

6.6

Flesh + Blood

Aug 30, 1985

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.

5.8

Deathwatch

Oct 6, 2002

In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.