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The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
John Alderson
- Cpl. Kraus
- (uncredited)
John Banner
- German Town Mayor
- (uncredited)
Stephen Bekassy
- German Major
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring filming, Montgomery Clift called Marlon Brando a slob and commented that he was using only about one third of his talent.
- GoofsEarly in the movie, Marlon Brando's character is riding in some sort of staff car. The car is right-hand drive; the Germans did not use right-hand drive. However, the staff car is a French-made Laffly V15T, which is, indeed, right-hand drive and was used by the French Army in WWII. The vehicle was probably captured from the French Army.
- Quotes
Michael Whiteacre: Look, I've read all the books. I know that in 10 years we'll be bosom friends with the Germans and the Japanese. Then I'll be pretty annoyed that I was killed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in V.I.P.-Schaukel: Episode #8.2 (1978)
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One of Brando's best performances in an excellent parallel-narratives picture which shows us the human side of war.
The Young Lions sticks to its aim of showing us the human experience of war... Though it more often than not does this in a way which also filled the studio's quota of love scenes.
For a war picture, in fact, there are more love scenes than war scenes! In the first hour, you'd think you were in the wrong movie!
BRANDO FANS ALERT: This is one of his better performances, even one of his best i'd say.
Be warned: the picture is sort of episodic, and bounces between the germans and the americans every twenty minutes, developing parallel narratives. It can seem fairly uneven, for that reason.
How did Monty and Dean manage to be friends before the war and be drafted into the exact same platoon? Magic.
8/10.
For a war picture, in fact, there are more love scenes than war scenes! In the first hour, you'd think you were in the wrong movie!
BRANDO FANS ALERT: This is one of his better performances, even one of his best i'd say.
Be warned: the picture is sort of episodic, and bounces between the germans and the americans every twenty minutes, developing parallel narratives. It can seem fairly uneven, for that reason.
How did Monty and Dean manage to be friends before the war and be drafted into the exact same platoon? Magic.
8/10.
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- Ben_Cheshire
- Jul 18, 2004
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- Budget
- $3,550,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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