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A Military Base in Hell (1984)

A Military Base in Hell poster
Directed by
Akbar Sadeghi
Genre
war film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 57m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Iran-Iraq war, a group of Iranian soldiers are trapped in a military base under attack. They must fight to survive against overwhelming enemy forces.

grittytensewar-tornsomberbrutalpatrioticbattle-heavyclaustrophobic

What happens

A Military Base in Hell (Persian: پایگاه جهنمی, "Pāygāh-e jahannami") is an Iranian film by the director Akbar Sadeghi. Sadeghi also scripted the film. It was released in 1984, and is an early example of Sacred Defense Cinema, i.e. cinema about the Iran–Iraq war. Among others, it starred Faramarz Gharibian, Jamshid Hashempur, and Zakaria Hashemi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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