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7.3/10   473 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Alexander Baron (novel)
Carl Foreman (written for the screen by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 December 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Intelligent, sprawling saga of a squad of American soldiers, following them through Europe during World War II. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Rosanna Schiaffino
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 19 October 2009, 2:17 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
A forgotten War Classic more (41 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Vince Edwards ... Baker (as Vincent Edwards)

Albert Finney ... Russian Soldier

George Hamilton ... Trower
Melina Mercouri ... Magda
Jeanne Moreau ... French Woman

George Peppard ... Cpl. Chase
Maurice Ronet ... French Lieutenant
Rosanna Schiaffino ... Maria
Romy Schneider ... Regine
Elke Sommer ... Helga

Eli Wallach ... Sgt. Craig
Michael Callan ... Eldridge

Peter Fonda ... Weaver
James Mitchum ... Grogan (as Jim Mitchum)
Senta Berger ... Trudi
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Additional Details

Runtime:
175 min
Country:
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Filming Locations:

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: "Psst! Feind hört mit" meaning "Shh! Enemy is listening" appears in a scene on a wall. Then it changes to incorrect "Psst! Feine hört mit". Then it changes to the correct first version again. more
Quotes:
Sgt. Craig: To Corporal Chase in the hospital: Stupid idiot! Get outta here! more
Movie Connections:
References Little Miss Marker (1934) more
Soundtrack:
Sweet Talk more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A forgotten War Classic, 30 June 2005
9/10
Author: from New Zealand

I first saw this movie in 1984. And, try as I might, I have never been able to see it again. It is not available on video (why???) and it seldom plays on television.

More is the shame. We should scream for its imminent release on DVD.

The cast itself is impressive enough: Eli Wallach, George Peppard, Elke Sommer, Peter Fonda...

Still, just try to find it on video.

The movie is of the "War is Hell" genre. It makes some unpleasant watching, long long before "Saving Pvt Ryan" came to the silver screen. And it has a few moments of humor. As a series of vignettes -- each of them memorable -- it is a true masterpiece, as each vignette is a story told and enclosed in and of itself.

The movie builds to a very memorable ending, one I haven't yet forgotten 21 years since the last time I saw it.

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