1981 Dragon rapide – 1986 Spanish film by Jaime Camino about the events leading to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, including the assassination of rightist politician José Calvo Sotelo (José Luis Pellicena) by Socialists Shaka Zulu – 1986 SABC miniseries and 1987 film by William C. Faure about the murder of Zulu king Shaka by his brothers at Dukuza in 1828 Night of the Pencils – 1986 Argentine film by Héctor Olivera about a group of student activists tortured then killed over the cost of bus fare, in 1976 during the Dirty War period Sword of Gideon – 1986 CTV miniseries by Michael Anderson about the hunt for those purportedly involved in the 1972 Munich massacre North and South, Book II – 1986 miniseries by Kevin Connor includes a fictional 1864 plot to overthrow and kill President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America The Assault – Oscar-winning 1986 Dutch film by Fons Rademakers about the consequences for an average family after the assassination of a Nazi collaborator, based on the novel by Harry Mulisch Cry Freedom – 1987 film by Richard Attenborough about the murder of South African activist Steve Biko in 1977 Vuk Karadžić (Вук Караџић) – 1987 Yugoslavian (Serbo-Croatian) RTB miniseries by Đorđe Kadijević about Vuk Karadžić, the Serbian language reformer, includes several assassinations, the Slaughter of the Dukes in 1804, Vožd Karadjordje Petrović in 1817, and Prince Mihailo Obrenović in 1868 Matewan – 1987 film by John Sayles where labour unrest in West Virginia builds to the 1920 Battle of Matewan, with the death of mayor Cabell Testerman, and the 1921 assassination of police chief Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn) Aria – 1987 film by Nicolas Roeg in which Albanian King Zog (Theresa Russell with a moustache) survives an assassination attempt in 1931 Assassination – 1987 film by Peter R. Hunt about a Secret Service agent (Charles Bronson) who must defend the obnoxious wife (Jill Ireland) of the about-to-be-inaugurated U.S. President Hour of the Assassin – 1987 film by Luis Llosa in which a man (Erik Estrada) is tricked into trying to assassinate a newly elected Latin American president Jäähyväiset presidentille (Farewell, Mr. President) – 1987 Finnish film by Matti Kassila about a tall poppy syndromed waiter (Hannu Lauri) who plans to assassinate the President of Finland The Living Daylights – 1987 film by John Glen in which James Bond is assigned