Holding on to the Cold War
Here’s a weird (but positive) side effect of the declining home DVD market: movie studios are looking for any way possible to make up for lost revenues and now they’re digging deep into their archives and releasing just about anything that might make a buck.
The Fourth War (1990) flat-out baffles: it’s sort of like Rambo times two, except the American and Soviet Rambos are actively serving commanders serving on the Czech-West German border. It’s directed by the great John Frankeneimer (guy classics like The Manchurian Candidate, French Connection II, Black Sunday, 52 Pick-Up and Ronin) and stars Roy Scheider, Jürgen Prochnow and Harry Dean Stanton. +Continue Reading
![Der Gro?mufti von Jerusalem [Amin al Husseini] bei den bosnischen Freiwilligen der Waffen-SS. Der Gro?mufti ist auf dem Truppenubungsplatz ein[getroffen] und schreitet die Front der angetretenen Freiwilligen mit erhobenem Arm ab.](http://images-undertheradar.military.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nazicollaborators300.jpg)
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