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For God And Country

1994, Movie, NR, 115 mins

For God And Country: Review

Many books and films have depicted the horrors of war, but few have captured the absurdities of the military in peacetime as well as FOR GOD AND COUNTRY. What sounds like a drab look at army life turns out to be affecting and surprisingly entertaining. At an army barracks located on the Austro-Hungarian border in 1980, the Communist threat from the East is still taken seriously. The 18-year-old Private Berger (Christoph Dostal) breaks up the monotony of his cruel, rigorous d... read more leave a comment