Movie 'Windtalkers'
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Honor Was Their Code.
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
German (Deutsch)
Im Pazifikkrieg werden die Marines Joe Enders und „Ox“ Henderson per Geheimbefehl abgestellt, als eine Art Leibwächter für die Funker Ben Yahzee und Charlie Whitehorse zu fungieren. Die beiden Navajos beherrschen einen speziellen Code, der auf keinen Fall in die Hände der Feinde gelangen darf. Die erbitterten Kämpfe um die Insel Saipan schweissen die Männer zusammen. Und es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis die beiden Beschützer der Code-Sprecher mit einer furchtbaren Frage konfrontiert werden: Würden sie wirklich bis zum Äussersten gehen, um den Code zu schützen?
French (Français)
En 1944, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, face à l'ennemi japonais, les États-Unis ont utilisé une méthode de codage : le langage Navajo, uniquement compris et parlé par certains soldats indiens. Ces code talkers transmettaient les messages codés entre les bases américaines disséminées sur les îles du Pacifique. Le marine Joe Enders sort blessé d'une bataille sanglante sur les îles Salamon. Après avoir récupéré dans un hôpital, il est chargé d'une nouvelle mission consistant à assurer la sécurité de deux soldats navajos, Ben Yahzee et Charlie Whitehorse, et à protéger le code à tout prix pour l'empêcher de tomber aux mains de l'ennemi. En clair : sacrifier, si besoin est, leurs frères d'armes. Durant ce périple, Joe se voit accompagner d'Ox Anderson et d'autres soldats. En pleine bataille de Saïpan, des liens d'amitié se tissent entre les Navajos et leurs anges gardiens.
Italian (Italiano)
Durante la seconda Guerra Mondiale la lingua navajo era usata per codificare i messaggi top secret impedendo ai giapponesi di decifrarli. La soluzione più semplice per gli orientali era di assicurarsi i servigi dei navajo di stanza presso l'esercito americano. Per cautelarsi da questo rischio a questi soldati vennero assegnate addirittura delle guardie del corpo militari che li uccidessero in caso di estremo pericolo...
- Release Date
- Runtime
- Keywords
- based on true story
- code
- japan
- marine corps
- native american
- navajo
- pacific war
- radio transmission
- us army
- war hero
- world war ii
- Genres
- Action
- Drama
- History
- War
- Languages
- English
- Japanese (日本語)
- Navajo
- Origin Countries
- United States of America
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Production Companies
- Lion Rock Productions
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release Dates
- Theatrical R
- Italian (Italiano): Theatrical T
- Theatrical 16
- Theatrical MA15+
- Theatrical 18
- Theatrical 15
- Theatrical 18A
- Theatrical TP
- Theatrical 16
- Physical R VHS and DVD release
- Theatrical 16
- Ratings
- TMDb 63% · 1,264 (more information on website)
- IMDb 61% · 74,699 (more information on website)
- Rotten Tomatoes® 32% (more information on website)
- metacritic 51% (more information on website)
Cast
Character | Person |
---|---|
Sergeant Joe Enders | Nicolas Cage |
Private Ben Yahzee | Adam Beach |
Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad | Peter Stormare |
Corporal Charles Rogers | Noah Emmerich |
Pappas | Mark Ruffalo |
Harrigan | Brian Van Holt |
Private Nellie | Martin Henderson |
Charlie Whitehorse | Roger Willie |
Rita Swelton | Frances O'Connor |
Sergeant Peter Henderson | Christian Slater |
Major Mellitz | Jason Isaacs |
Fortino | William Morts |
Mertens | Cameron Thor |
Ear Doctor | Kevin Cooney |
Colonel Hollings | Holmes Osborne |
Kittring | Keith Campbell |
Hasby | Clayton J. Barber |
Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant | Scott Atkinson |
Marine | Jeremy Davidson |
Corpsman | Brian Maynard |
Field Hospital Colonel | James D. Dever |
Marine Recruit | Jim Morse |
Code Instructor Sergeant | Chris Devlin |
Technical Sergeant | JF Davis |
Japanese Intelligence Officer | Brian Kasai |
Japanese Radio Operator | Hiroshi Mori |
Battleship Petty Officer | Darrel Guilbeau |
Tanapag Boy | Aaron Yamagata |
Tanapag Mother | Victoria Chen |
NCO | Jon Michael Souza |
Tanapag Girl | Carissa Jung |
Japanese Artillery Man | Wataru Yoshida |
Japanese Artillery Sighter | Junya Oishi |
Japanese Artillery Gunner | Jiro Koga |
Hula Dancer | Lynn Kawailele Allen |
Hula Dancer | Tina Leialoha Gube |
Hula Dancer | Alewa T. Olotoa |
Hula Dancer | Ilima Pumphrey |
Hula Dancer | Lena Savaiinaea |
Hula Dancer | Kaliko Scott |
Marine | John Steven Rocha |
Private Povovich (uncredited) | Robert Aguilar Jr. |
U.S. Marine (uncredited) | Job Alonso |
Private Corelli (uncredited) | Louis Per Bruno |
Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) | Jim Carretta |
Japanese Soldier (uncredited) | Matty Castano |
Politician (uncredited) | Timothy Di Pri |
Marine (uncredited) | Christopher Gilbertson |
Marine (uncredited) | Shannon Holzer |
Japanese Officer (uncredited) | Yoshio Iizuka |
Japanese Soldier (uncredited) | Aaron Ikeda |
Marine (uncredited) | Christopher Illing |
Marine (uncredited) | Keii Johnston |
Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) | Steve Lindsay |
Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited) | Cazimir Milostan |
Japanese Soldier (uncredited) | Michael Ng |
U.S. Marine (uncredited) | Nils Oliveto |
Injured soldier (uncredited) | Paul Parker |
Marine (uncredited) | Denney Pierce |
Japanese Soldier (uncredited) | Simon Rhee |
Private Jennings (uncredited) | Charles Sans |
Private Ricks (uncredited) | Bobby Silva |
Marine Beau (uncredited) | Douglas Dean Taylor |
Core Group Marine (uncredited) | John Thomas |
Japanese Radioman (uncredited) | Ren Urano |
Hospital Room Patient (uncredited) | Dixon White |
Battleship Codetalker | Malcolm Dohi |
Japanese Artillery Officer | Steve Tanizaki |
Marine Artillery Commander | Marc McClellan |
Japanese Bunker Gunner | Christopher T. Yamamoto |
Japanese Bunker Commander | John Takeshi Ichikawa |
Eddie the Bartender | Ross Lasi Tanoai |
Radio Codetalker | Glen Begay |
Navajo Instructor | Vincent Whipple |
Navajo Man | Albert Smith |