Objector

2019

English

7.9

♡ 1

Action

conscientious objector

Documentary

israeli–palestinian conflict

palestinian-israeli conflict

Molly Stuart Director

Atalya Ben-Abba as Self

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family's political disagreements and personal concerns, she refuses military duty and is imprisoned for her dissent. Her courage moves those around her to reconsider their own moral positions and personal power. OBJECTOR follows Atalya to prison and beyond, offering a unique window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of a young woman who seeks truth and takes a stand for justice.

A Hidden Life

2019

English

7.4

♡ 42

82%

conscientious objector

Drama

husband wife relationship

Terrence Malick Director

Ermin Sijamija as Ermin

Bruno Ganz as Judge Lueben

Maria Simon as Resie Schwaninger

Waldemar Kobus as Warder Stein

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

Carrington

1995

English

6.8

♡ 6

58%

74%

Biography

conscientious objector

Christopher Hampton Director

Emma Thompson as Dora Carrington

Samuel West as Gerald Brenan

Jonathan Pryce as Lytton Strachey

Rufus Sewell as Mark Gertler

Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship that has strangely romantic undertones. Eventually, Lytton and Dora decide to live together, despite the fact that the latter has fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge, whom she plans to marry.

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

Japanese

8.5

♡ 38

Action

conscientious objector

Masaki Kobayashi Director

Kenjirô Uemura as Bannai Jôtôhei

Takashi Ebata as Kanamori - Nitôhei

Yûsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei

Kaneko Iwasaki as Tokunaga Kangofu

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

Japanese

8.5

♡ 29

73%

95%

Action

conscientious objector

Masaki Kobayashi Director

Eijirô Tôno as

Shinichirô Minami as (as Shin'ichirô Minami)

Akitake Kôno as Kôno Taii

Masao Mishima as Kuroki Shochô

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

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