List of book-based war films (1898–1926 wars)

This is a list of list of war films that are based on books. All wars in this list took place between 1898 and 1926

Spanish–American War (1898)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Stars and Stripes Forever1952Henry KosterUSAMarching AlongJohn Philip Sousa19??Memoir
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed1981Peter H. HuntUSA &
West Germany
"The Private History of a Campaign That Failed""Mark Twain"1885Story/Memoir
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Sampson-Schley Controversy1901Edwin S. PorterUSAHistory of the Navy (uncredited)E.S. Maclay (uncredited)1901?Non-fiction
A Message to Garcia1916Richard RidgelyUSAA Message to GarciaElbert Hubbard1899Essay
A Message to Garcia1936George MarshallUSAA Message to GarciaElbert Hubbard1899Essay

Philippine–American War (1899-1913)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Real Glory1939Henry HathawayUSAThe Real GloryCharles L. Clifford1937Novel

Second Boer War (1899-1902)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Young Winston1972Richard AttenboroughUKMy Early Life: A Roving CommissionWinston Churchill1930Memoir
The Little Princess1939Walter LangUSAA Little PrincessFrances Hodgson Burnett1905Novel

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Breath of the Gods1920Rollin S. SturgeonUSAThe Breath of the GodsSidney McCall191?Novel
Mount Hakkoda
八甲田山
1977Shiro MoritaniJapanDeath March on Mount Hakkōda
八甲田山死の彷徨
"Jirō Nitta"197?Novel
Thunder in the East1934Nicolas Farkas & Viktor TourjanskyFrance & UKLa BatailleClaude Farrère[1]1909Novel

Russian Revolution (1905-1907)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Mother1926Vsevolod PudovkinUSSRThe Mother (Мать)Maxim Gorky1907Novel

Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeEvents portrayed
Patria1917Leopold & Theodore Wharton, Jacques JaccardUSAThe Last of the Fighting ChanningsLouis Joseph Vance191?Novel
Viva Villa!1934Jack ConwayUSAViva Villa!Edgecumb Pinchon & O.B. Stade192?Non-fiction
El compadre Mendoza1934Juan Bustillo Oro & Fernando de FuentesMexico"El compadre Mendoza"Mauricio Magdaleno193?Story
Vámonos con Pancho Villa1936Fernando de FuentesMexico¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!Rafael F. Muñoz193?Novel
Los de abajo1940Chano UruetaMexicoThe UnderdogsMariano Azuela1915Novel
Las mujeres de mi general1951Ismael RodríguezMexico"La soldadera"Joselito Rodríguez & Celestino Gorostiza19??Story
Viva Zapata!1952Elia KazanUSAZapata the UnconquerableEdgecumb Pinchon192?Non-fiction
The Fighter1952Herbert KlineUSA"The Mexican"Jack London1911Story
La escondida1956Roberto GavaldónMexicoLa escondidaMiguel N. Lira1948Novel
Reed, México insurgente1973Paul LeducMexicoInsurgent MexicoJohn Reed1914Non-fiction/Memoir
Los de abajo1978Servando GonzálezMexicoThe UnderdogsMariano Azuela1915Novel
Krasnye kolokola, film pervyy - Meksika v ogne1982Sergei BondarchukItaly, USSR, MexicoInsurgent MexicoJohn Reed1914Non-fiction/Memoir
Old Gringo1989Luis PuenzoUSAGringo ViejoCarlos Fuentes1985Novel
They Came to Cordura1959Robert RossenUSAThey Came to CorduraGlendon Swarthout1958NovelPanco Villa Expedition

Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeEvents Portrayed
Lo squadrone bianco1936Augusto GeninaFascist ItalyL'Escadron blancJoseph Peyré193?NovelLibyan resistance to Italian occupation

Contestado War (1912-1916)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
A Guerra dos Pelados1970Sylvio BackBrazilGeração do DesertoGuido Wilmar Sassi196?Novel

World War I (1914-1918)

Politics and Diplomacy

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
My Four Years in Germany1918William NighUSAMy Four Years in GermanyJames W. Gerard1917Non-fiction
Beware! aka Germany on Trial1919William NighUSA"Beware!"James W. Gerard1919?Story
Paris 1919 : Un traité pour la paix2009Paul CowanCanada & FrancePeacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War aka Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the WorldMargaret MacMillan2001Non-fiction
The Guns of August1964Nathan KrollUSAThe Guns of AugustBarbara Tuchman1962Non-fiction

Regular Military Operations

Land operations

Western Front
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeEvents
All Quiet on the Western Front1930Lewis MilestoneUSAAll Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria Remarque1929Novel[2]
Westfront 19181930Georg Wilhelm PabstGermanyVier von der InfanterieErnst Johannsen1929Novel
Wooden Crosses1932Raymond BernardFranceLes Croix de boisRoland Dorgelès1919Novel/Memoir
Peace on Earth1939Hugh HarmanUSAGospel of LukeLuke the Evangelistbefore 100Scripture
Thomas l'imposteur1964Georges FranjuFranceThomas the ImpostorJean Cocteau1923Novel
My Mother's Castle1990Yves RobertFranceLe Château de ma mère & Le Temps des secretsMarcel Pagnol1957 & 1959Novels/Memoirs
Truman1995Frank PiersonUSATrumanDavid McCullough1992Non-fiction
The Great War2007Brian McKennaCanada?Talbot Papineau1914–1917Letters
Over the Top1918Wilfrid NorthUSAOver the TopArthur Guy Empey1917Novel/Memoir
All Quiet on the Western Front1979Delbert MannUK & USAAll Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria Remarque1929Novel[2]
Debout les morts![3]1916André Heuzé, Léonce Perret, Henri PouctalFranceLos cuatro jinetes del apocalipsisVicente Blasco Ibáñez1916Novel
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921Rex IngramUSALos cuatro jinetes del apocalipsisVicente Blasco Ibáñez1916Novel
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1962Vincente MinnelliUSALos cuatro jinetes del apocalipsisVicente Blasco Ibáñez1916Novel
Koenigsmark aka The Secret Spring1923Léonce PerretFranceKœnigsmarkPierre Benoit1918Novel
Königsmark aka Crimson Dynasty1935Maurice TourneurFranceKœnigsmarkPierre Benoit1918Novel
Koenigsmark1953Solange TéracFrance & ItalyKœnigsmarkPierre Benoit1918Novel
Legends of the Fall1994Edward ZwickUSALegends of the FallJim Harrison1979Novella
Sergeant York1941Howard HawksUSA?Alvin York1940DiaryMeuse-Argonne Offensive
Hangmen, Women and Soldiers1935Johannes MeyerNazi GermanyEin Mannsbild namens PrackFritz Reck-Malleczewen1935Novel
Forest of the Hanged1964Liviu CiuleiRomaniaPădurea spânzuraţilorLiviu Rebreanu1922Novel
His Majesty's Deserters1986Janusz MajewskiPolandC.K. DezerterzyKazimierz Sejda1985?Novel
Dobrý voják Švejk1926Karel LamačCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel[2]
Švejk na frontě1926Karel LamačCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Švejk v ruském zajetí1926Svatopluk InnemannCzechoslovakiaOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války, IV. tomeJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Švejk v civilu1927Gustav MachatýCzechoslovakia, AustriaOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války, IV. tomeJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Dobrý voják Švejk1931Martin FričCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Dobrý voják Švejk1955Jiří TrnkaCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Dobrý voják Švejk (1957 film)1957Karel SteklýCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Poslušně hlásím ze jsem opet zde1958Karel SteklýCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Der brave Soldat Schwejk1960Axel von AmbesserWest GermanyThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Schwejks Flegeljahre1963Wolfgang LiebeneinerAustriaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
De avonturen van de brave soldaat Schwejk1968Anton PetersBelgiumThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk1972Wolfgang LiebeneinerWest GermanyThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka1986Stanislav LátalCzechoslovakiaThe Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek1923Novel
Tikhiy Don
Тихий Дон
1930Ivan Pravov & Olga PreobrazhenskayaUSSRAnd Quiet Flows the DonMikhail Sholokhov1928/1934Novel
And Quiet Flows the Don
Тихий Дон
1957–1958Sergei GerasimovUSSRAnd Quiet Flows the DonMikhail Sholokhov1928/1934Novel
Quiet Flows the Don2006Sergei BondarchukRussia, UK, ItalyAnd Quiet Flows the DonMikhail Sholokhov1928/1934Novel
Italian and Serbian Fronts
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
My Life for Maria Isabella1935Erich WaschneckGermanyThe StandardAlexander Lernet-Holenia1934Novel
Many Wars Ago1970Francesco RosiItaly & YugoslaviaUn anno sull'altipianoEmilio Lussu1938Novel
The Standard1977Ottokar RunzeWest Germany, Austria, SpainThe StandardAlexander Lernet-Holenia1934Novel
Captain Conan1996Bertrand TavernierFranceCapitaine ConanRoger Vercel1934Novel
Dardanelles Front
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Tell England1931Anthony Asquith & Geoffrey BarkasUKTell England: A Study In A GenerationErnest Raymond1922Novel
The Lions of Gallipoli
Çanakkale Aslanları
1964Turgut Demirdağ & Nusret EraslanTurkeyÇanakkale Aslanları (?)Fahri Celal Göktulga196?Story
All the King's Men1999Julian JarroldUK & USAAll the King's Men: The Vanished BattalionNigel McCrery199?Non-fiction
Levantine and Mesopotamian Fronts
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Drum1924Sinclair HillUK"The Drum"F. Britten Austin192?Story
Lost Patrol1929Walter SummersUKPatrolPhilip MacDonald1927Novel
The Lost Patrol1934John FordUSAPatrolPhilip MacDonald1927Novel
The Last Outpost1935Charles Barton & Louis J. GasnierUSA"The Drum"F. Britten Austin192?Story
Lawrence of Arabia1962David LeanUKSeven Pillars of Wisdom[4] (uncredited)T.E. Lawrence (uncredited)1922Memoir
A Dangerous Man1990Christopher MenaulUKSeven Pillars of Wisdom (uncredited)T.E. Lawrence (uncredited)1922Memoir

Air operations 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Eagle and the Hawk1933Stuart WalkerUSA"Death in the Morning"John Monk Saunders192?Story
Lafayette Escadrille1958William A. WellmanUSAGo, Get 'em! The True Adventures of an American Aviator of the Lafayette Flying Corps (uncredited)William A. Wellman (uncredited)1918Memoir
The Blue Max1966John GuillerminUKThe Blue MaxJack D. Hunter1964Novel
Billy Bishop Goes to War1982?Canada & UKBilly Bishop Goes to WarJohn Gray &
Eric Peterson
1978Musical
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
No Man's Land1918Will S. DavisUSANo Man's LandLouis Joseph Vance1910Novel
Hell Below1933Jack ConwayUSAPigboatsEdward Ellsberg1931Novel
Brown on Resolution1935Walter FordeUKBrown on ResolutionC. S. Forester1929Novel
The Spy in Black1939Michael PowellUKThe Spy in BlackJ. Storer Clouston1917Novel
The African Queen1952John HustonUK & USAThe African QueenC.S. Forester1935Novel
Shout at the Devil1976Peter R. HuntUKShout at the DevilWilbur Smith1968Novel
Moonzund1987Aleksandr MuratovUSSRMoonzundValentin Pikul1975Novel

Military intelligence and Espionage 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Case of Colonel Redl1931Karl AntonGermany & CzechoslovakiaDer Fall des Generalstabschefs RedlEgon Erwin Kisch1924Non-fiction
Secret Agent1936Alfred HitchcockUKAshenden; or, The British AgentW. Somerset Maugham1928Stories
Secret Document: Vienna
Fusillé à l'aube
1950André HaguetFranceFusillé à l'aube"Maurice Dekobra"1931Novel
Ashenden1991Christopher MorahanUKAshenden; or, The British AgentW. Somerset Maugham1928Stories
The Thirty Nine Steps1978Don SharpUKThe Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan1915Novel
The 39 Steps2008James HawesUKThe Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan1915Novel

Military hospitals 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
A Farewell to Arms1932Frank BorzageUSAA Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway1929Novel[2]
A Farewell to Arms1957Charles VidorUSAA Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway1929Novel[2]
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man1962Martin RittUSANick Adams storiesErnest Hemingway1920sStories
Johnny Got His Gun1971Dalton TrumboUSAJohnny Got His GunDalton Trumbo1939Novel
Testament of Youth1979?UKTestament of YouthVera Brittain1933Memoir
The Return of the Soldier1982Alan BridgesUKThe Return of the SoldierRebecca West1918Novel
In Love and War1996Richard AttenboroughUSAHemingway in Love and War: the Lost Diary of Agnes von Kurowsky, Her Letters and Correspondence of Ernest HemingwayHenry S. Villard & James Nagel (editors)1989[5]Diary
Regeneration1997Gillies MacKinnonUK & CanadaRegenerationPat Barker1991Novel
The Officers' Ward2001François DupeyronFranceThe Officers' WardMarc Dugain1998Novel

Military justice and Courts-martial 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Paths of Glory1957Stanley KubrickUK & USAPaths of GloryHumphrey Cobb1935Novel
King & Country1964Joseph LoseyUKReturn to the Wood (uncredited) & HampJ.L. Hodson & John Wilson196? & 196?Novel & Play
The Wars1983Robin PhillipsCanadaThe WarsTimothy Findley1977Novel
Le Pantalon1997Yves BoissetFranceLe PantalonAlain Scoff1982Non-fiction
A Very Long Engagement2004Jean-Pierre JeunetFrance & USAUn long dimanche de fiançailles"Sébastien Japrisot"1991Novel
POWs
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Case of Sergeant Grischa1930Herbert BrenonUSAThe Case of Sergeant Grischa[2] & Der Streit um den Sergeanten GrischaArnold Zweig1927Novel
Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa1968Helmut SchiemannEast GermanyThe Case of Sergeant Grischa
Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa
Arnold Zweig1927Novel
Die Frau und der Fremde1985Rainer SimonEast GermanyKarl und AnnaLeonhard Frank1927Novella

Atrocities

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Ravished Armenia aka Armenia Crucified1919Oscar ApfelUSARavished Armenia; the Story of Aurora Mardiganian ...Aurora Mardiganian & Henry Leyford Gates1918?Non-fiction
Life Triumphs1977Henrik MalyanUSSR
(Armenian SSR)
? from Spitak GirquhHrachya Kochar1965Novel
40 Days of Musa Dagh1982Sarky MouradianUSADie vierzig Tage des Musa DaghFranz Werfel1933Novel
Ararat2002Atom EgoyanCanadaAn American Physician in Turkey: A Narrative of Adventures in Peace and WarClarence Douglas Ussher1917Non-fiction
Waiting for the Clouds2004Yeşim UstaoğluGermany, Greece, Turkey,[6] France, JapanTamama: The Missing Girl of Pontos
Ταμάμα
George Andreadis Γιώργος Ανδρεάδης1993Novel

Demobilization

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Bolshevism on Trial1919Harley KnolesUSAComradesRev. Thomas F. Dixon Jr.1909Novel
The Road Back1937James WhaleUSAThe Road BackErich Maria Remarque1931Novel
Three Comrades1938Frank BorzageUSAThree ComradesErich Maria Remarque1937Novel
The Razor's Edge1984John ByrumUSAThe Razor's EdgeW. Somerset Maugham1944Novel
The Garden of Eden2008John IrvinUKThe Garden of EdenErnest Hemingway1986Novel
The Mating Call1928James CruzeUSAThe Mating Call (?)Rex Beach192?Novel

Resistance movements 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Le héros de la Marne
La Famille Lefrançois
1938André HugonFranceLa Famille Lefrançois (?)Paul Achard193?Novel
Guerrilla Brigade
Всадники
1939Igor Savchenko
Игорь Савченко
USSRVsadnikiYuri Yanovsky193?Novel

Home front 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Mountain of Diamonds1991Jeannot SzwarcItaly, France, GermanyThe Burning ShoreWilbur Smith1985Novel
Carrington1995Christopher HamptonUK & FranceLytton Strachey: The New BiographyMichael Holroyd1994Biography
A Little Princess1995Alfonso CuarónUSAA Little PrincessFrances Hodgson Burnett1905Novel
Two Soldiers2003Aaron SchneiderUSA"Two Soldiers"William Faulkner1942Story

Refugees

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Life Triumphs1977Henrik MalyanUSSR
(Armenian SSR)
? from Spitak GirquhHrachya Kochar1965Novel
Austeria1983Jerzy KawalerowiczPolandAusteriaJulian Stryjkowski1966Novel
Mayrig1991Henri VerneuilFranceMayrigHenri Verneuil198?Novel

Neutral powers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Füsilier Wipf. Aus der schweizerischen Grenzbesetzung 1914/19181938Leopold Lindtberg & Hermann HallerSwitzerlandFüsilier Wipf. Eine Geschichte aus dem schweizerischen GrenzdienstRobert Faesi1917Novel

Yaqui-Mexican War (1916-1927)[7]

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
100 Rifles1969Tom GriesUSA100 RiflesRobert MacLeod196?Novel

Russian Revolution (1917)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeEvents Portrayed
Nicholas and Alexandra1971Franklin J. SchaffnerUKNicholas and Alexandra: An Intimate Account of the Last of the Romanovs and the Fall of Imperial RussiaRobert K. Massie1967Non-fictionFebruary Revolution
Scarlet Dawn1932William DieterleUSARevoltMary C. McCall Jr.192?Novel
An Unusual Summer
Первые радости
1956Vladimir Basov Vladimir BasovUSSRPervye radostiKonstantin Fedin192?Novel
Doctor Zhivago1965David LeanUSADoctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak1957Novel
Dauriya Даурия1971Viktor TregubovichUSSRDauriyaKonstantin Sedykh1942–1948Novel
No Ordinary Summer
Первые радости
1977Grigori NikulinUSSRPervye radostiKonstantin Fedin192?Novel
Lenin: The Train1988Damiano DamianiItaly, France, West Germany, AustriaLenin's MistressMichael Pearson198?Novel
October1928Sergei Eisenstein & Grigori AleksandrovUSSRTen Days that Shook the WorldJohn Reed1919Non-fiction/
Memoir
Reds1981Warren BeattyUSATen Days that Shook the World (uncredited)John Reed (uncredited)1919Non-fiction/
Memoir
Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy - Ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira1983Sergei BondarchukItaly, USSR, MexicoTen Days that Shook the WorldJohn Reed1919Memoir

Russian Civil War (1917-1921)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Storm Over Asia
Потомок Чингисхана
1928Vsevolod PudovkinUSSR"Potomok Chingis-khana"
Потомок Чингисхана
Ivan Novokshonov192?Story
Chapaev
Чапаев
1934Georgi Vasilyev &
Sergei Vasilyev
USSRChapaevDmitri Furmanov192?Novel/Memoir
Unforgettable 1919
Незабываемый 1919-й
1952Mikheil ChiaureliUSSRNezabyvaemyy god 1919Vsevolod Vishnevsky1949Play
An Unusual Summer
Необыкновенное лето
1957Vladimir BasovUSSRNeobyknovennoye letoKonstantin Fedin192?Novel
The Colt
Жеребёнок
1959Vladimir FetinUSSR"Zherebyonok"Mikhail Sholokhov192?Story
Commissar
Комиссар
1967Aleksandr AskoldovUSSR"In the Town of Berdichev"Vasily Grossman1934Story
The Flight
Бег
1970Aleksandr Alov & Vladimir NaumovUSSRFlightMikhail Bulgakov1928Play
Coup de Grâce
Der Fangschuß
1976Volker SchlöndorffFrance & West GermanyCoup de GrâceMarguerite Yourcenar1939Novel
No Ordinary Summer
Необыкновенное лето
1979Grigori NikulinUSSRNeobyknovennoye letoKonstantin Fedin192?Novel
On Black Ice
На чорных лядах
1995Valery PonomaryovBelarusOn Black Ice (Belarusian: На чорных лядах) and Before the End (Belarusian: Перад канцом)Vasil Bykau1997Short stories

Operations

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Forty-First
Сорок первый
1927Yakov ProtazanovUSSRThe Forty-FirstBoris Lavrenyov1924Novel
The Forty-First
Сорок первый
1956Grigori ChukhraiUSSRThe Forty-FirstBoris Lavrenyov1924Novel

Finnish Civil War (1918)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Nuorena nukkunut1937Teuvo TulioFinlandThe Maid SiljaFrans Eemil Sillanpää1931Novel
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
1956Jack WitikkaFinlandThe Maid SiljaFrans Eemil Sillanpää1931Novel

Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Coup de Grâce
Der Fangschuß
1976Volker SchlöndorffFrance &
West Germany
Coup de GrâceMarguerite Yourcenar1939Novel

Irish War of Independence (1919-1921)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Informer1929Arthur RobisonUKThe InformerLiam O'Flaherty1925Novel
The Informer1935John FordUSAThe InformerLiam O'Flaherty1925Novel
Shake Hands with the Devil1959Michael AndersonIreland & USAShake Hands with the DevilRearden Conner19??Novel
The Dawning1988Robert KnightsUKThe Old JestJennifer Johnston1979Novel
Troubles1988Christopher MorahanUKTroublesJ.G. Farrell1970Novel

Irish Civil War (1922-1923)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Last September1999Deborah WarnerUKThe Last SeptemberElizabeth Bowen1929Novel

Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Küçük Ağa1983Yücel ÇakmaklıTurkeyKüçük AğaTarık Buğra1963Novel

Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
19221978Nikos KoundourosGreeceTo noumero 31328
Το νούμερο 31328
Ilias Venezis1931Novel
Strike the Whore
Vurun Kahpeye
1949Lütfi AkadTurkeyKill the Whore
Vurun Kahpeye
Halide Edip Adıvar1926Novel
Vurun Kahpeye1964Orhan AksoyTurkeyKill the Whore
Vurun Kahpeye
Halide Edip Adıvar1926Novel
Vurun Kahpeye1973Halit RefiğTurkeyKill the Whore
Vurun Kahpeye
Halide Edip Adıvar1926Novel

Rif War (1920-1926)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
La Bandera1935Julien DuvivierFranceLa Bandera"Pierre Mac Orlan"1931Novel
Renegades1930Victor FlemingUSALe RenégatAndré Armandy192?Novel

Cristero War (1926-1929)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Fugitive1947John FordUSAThe Power and the GloryGraham Greene1940Novel
The Power and the Glory1961Marc DanielsUSAThe Power and the GloryGraham Greene1940Novel
No One Writes to the Colonel[8]1999Arturo RipsteinMexicoNo One Writes to the ColonelGabriel García Márquez1961Novella

See also

References

Unless otherwise stated, the source for film information is the IMDb.

Notes

  1. Farrère interceded in the assassination of French President Doumer by a Russian exile in May 1932, and was twice wounded.
    French Wikipédia: « Le 6 mai 1932, s'interposant entre le président Doumer et son assassin Paul Gorgulov, il est blessé de deux balles dans le bras. »
  2. Faulks, Sebastian and Jörg Hensgen. The Vintage Book of War Stories, Vintage, London, 1999.
  3. The French title Debout les morts! could be translated roughly as Get Up, Dead Guys! or perhaps as The dead! Arise!
  4. Recommended by John Keegan. Source: Keegan (q.v.).:71
  5. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress.
    Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog.
  6. Source: DVD opening credits, for the list of originating sovereign states.
  7. Source: A Short History of the Yaqui Indians, Edith te Wechel, and Yaqui: A Short History Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Edith te Wechel.
  8. The novel does not take place precisely during the Cristero War, but during a later anti-Catholic period of the Maximato.

Bibliography

  • Clarke, James. Virgin Film: War Films, Virgin Books, London, 2006.
  • Faulks, Sebastian and Jörg Hensgen. The Vintage Book of War Stories, Vintage, London, 1999.
  • Keegan, John. The Battle for History: Re-fighting World War Two (Barbara Frum lecture series), Vintage Canada, Toronto, 1995.
    Republished by Vintage Books, New York, 1996.
  • 100 Greatest War Movies, special issue of Military History Magazine, Weider History Group, Leesburg, Virginia, 2007.
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