World War II. U.S. Air Force bombardier John Yossarian is desperately trying to get a certificate that he is insane so that he can no longer participate in combat sorties. However, according to an order called "Catch-22," if a pilot claims to be insane, it is only evidence that he is sane. Yossarian begins to think of ways to cheat the system, which complicates an already difficult situation.
A new batch of prisoners is brought to a Nazi concentration camp run by the cruel Fraulein Ilse. The women are subjected to cruel medical experiments by Ilsa and her assistants, while the men are also subjected to cruel medical experiments. Ilsa tries each of them in bed. Ilsa's goal is to prove that women can endure more pain and suffering than men, which means they can be allowed to fight at the front.
1942. German submarines dominate the Atlantic. Radio intercepts give the Allies nothing: the enemy's messages cannot be deciphered. And then American sailors receive a secret mission: to capture the enemy submarine U-571 and the Enigma cipher machine on board. Capture it. and come back!
Julian Albans is expelled from school for abusing Auggie Pullman. Julian is visited by his grandmother, who shares with her grandson the story of her youth in Nazi-occupied France. Her life was saved only by the kindness and courage of an almost unknown boy, who was also bullied at school by his classmates.
Late fall of 1944. The last days of the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. The turf war has already been lost, the high command has been evacuated, and the infantry is left to die. Without provisions, medicine or ammunition, under Allied bombs and bullets from local guerrillas. Private Tamura was stranded on Leyte Island due to his ailment and gradually became "the man who isn't there." He was kicked out of the hospital back to the trenches to avoid wasting pills.
At the end of World War II, a detachment of the Japanese Imperial Army in Burma surrenders to British forces. In days of hardship and shame, the soldiers find salvation in choral singing. A private, whom everyone believes to be dead, hides under the garb of a Buddhist monk ...
A tropical paradise where all the pleasures of the world are available. A frenzy of colors, fantastic women, a sea of booze, any kind of drugs - and all for free or practically free! Reporter Richard Boyle knows El Salvador for what it is, having spent many unforgettable months here. And when his wife leaves him, he gets fired from his job and ends up in jail, he persuades a friend to flee here. Unlike Richard, who has gone through all the circles of hell, Dr. Rock is a simple, carefree adventurer. But the distant earthly paradise has become the scene of a bloody civil war.
The time of the Napoleonic Wars. Her Majesty's warship "Surprise", sailing the Atlantic, was unexpectedly attacked by a huge unknown ship that appeared out of the fog. Thanks to the courage and ingenuity of the crew, the Surprise manages to escape death. Despite heavy damage and losses, Captain Jack Aubrey, nicknamed Lucky, decides to pursue the enemy and sets off on a chase that will take him to the end of the world.
Japan, second half of the 16th century. Shingen, Takeda Shingen's younger brother, saves from death a petty thief condemned for execution who resembles the daimyo like two drops of water. The warlord opposes Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, all trying to capture Kyoto, so when Shingen is mortally wounded, he instructs his subordinates to conceal his death for three years so as not to demoralize his own troops or inspire his enemies. His double, the so-called kagemusha, enters the scene.
