• Title: Catch-22
• Year: 1970
• Duration: 2h 2m
• Rating: 7,1
• Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Summary Catch-22 (1970)

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality", and of a bureaucratic society in general.

WW2, the Mediterranean theatre. Captain Yossarian is the bombardier of a B-25 medium bomber. His squadron's missions largely involve bombing targets on the Italian mainland. A veteran of countless missions, he has become cynical about the war and pessimistic about his chances of surviving. He should have been rotated home a long time ago, but the Wing's Commanding Officer, Colonel Cathcart, keeps raising the number of missions required to rotate out. Yossarian hits upon a plan to get sent home. However, there's a catch.

Yossarian is a bombadier during World War II. He desperately tries to be declared insane by the U.S. Army Air Forces in order to go home. However, during the process he slowly watches each of his friends and crew die off in the horrors of war.

Synopsis Catch-22 (1970)