我们为何而战

　　一座蕴藏着巨大铜矿脉，为战火洗刷而四散飘零的热带岛屿；一名性格古怪，拒绝跟随大部队逃亡的白人教师，在钴蓝色的海洋与天空之间拉开了故事的序幕。
　　沃茨老师（休·劳瑞 饰）好奇心旺盛且为人刻薄，在独自清理完校舍的废墟后，他开始每天对孩子们朗读查尔斯·狄更斯的名作《远大前程》聊以解闷。伴随着终日回荡于远山之间的炮火声响，小说中雾都伦敦与奔走其中的孤儿皮普的影像在十三岁少女玛蒂尔达和其他孩子的脑海中日渐如令人屏息惊叹的高塔般浮出水面，使他们暂时忘却了战争在海岛上投下的阴影。
　　诚如沃茨所言，”为书所获，即便忘却呼吸也可维持生命。“
　　被沃茨与孩子们所激励，越来越多的居民开始加入到叙述者的行列中。那些被一度忘却的隐秘往事在黑夜中被不断点燃，重新焕发昔日的光彩。但战火仍在蔓延，这艘名为”故事“的想象之方舟能将为了生存而每日奔走寻求庇护的人们带向何方，我们尚不得知.......
　

　　苏联大举入侵阿富汗，一坦克车队歼灭某部落，并将其首领辗死轮下，英勇的阿富汗勇士为报父兄之仇，率领该族勇士穷追坦克，并诱使陷入迷径，直至油粮枯竭。坦克兵柯佛奇克不满长官残酷冷血，而被弃于荒漠中，最后却协助阿富汗勇士围攻坦克，掳获苏俄兵……

　　比利时抵抗组织劫持了一艘纳粹德国的潜艇，奉命把曼哈顿计划需要的重要物资偷运到美国去

　　故事发生在二十世纪初的墨西哥革命中。一辆长途马车里，高贵的先生女士们对一位沉默寡言的农民大放厥词，然而突然农民摇身一变，显出家庭式匪帮头目胡安（Rod Steiger 饰）的真面目。胡安打劫后路遇爱尔兰革命军爆破专家约翰（James Coburn 饰），后者的爆破能力令抢劫梅萨维德银行如探囊取物，于是胡安苦苦尾随，不经意间却卷入了配合维拉革命军的梅萨维德暴动。胡安如愿与约翰搭档洗劫银行，但他所有的收获却是解放150名政治犯人。
　　政府军上校刚特率军镇压革命，胡安与革命队伍付出了惨痛的代价。在逆境中，约翰与胡安产生了真正的革命情谊，二人在前往美国的路上折返阻击刚特上校，当约翰中弹之时，这位老战士看到了昔日在爱尔兰的温馨场景……本片获1972年意大利大卫奖最佳导演奖。

　　在与臭名昭著的乌克兰军火商伊戈尔·罗丹的战斗中，美国突击队员约翰·卡特未能拯救一个被劫持为人质的家庭，失去了他的整个团队，约翰被军队开除。三年后，当伊戈尔重新露面时，他的老将军接洽他去执行一项私人任务

May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds.                                    
                               　　But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them?                                    
                               　　Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made.                                    
                               　　The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.