Arms and the Man (1989)

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After climbing into a random window, a Swiss soldier fighting for the Serbian army begs a young and impressionable Bulgarian girl (Helena Bonham Carter) to hide him. In doing so, she's forced to re-examine the values she holds most dear. Subtitled as "An Anti-Romantic Comedy" by the playwright… More After climbing into a random window, a Swiss soldier fighting for the Serbian army begs a young and impressionable Bulgarian girl (Helena Bonham Carter) to hide him. In doing so, she's forced to re-examine the values she holds most dear. Subtitled as "An Anti-Romantic Comedy" by the playwright himself, this classic work of George Bernard Shaw uses the conventions of the genre to poke fun at patriotism, war and hero-worship.