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Overview

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7.5/10   587 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Christopher Hudson (original screenplay) and
Stuart Cooper (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 March 1978 (Denmark) more
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Code Name D-Day June 6th 1944 more
Plot:
During the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
An unfairly overlooked masterpiece more (11 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Brian Stirner ... Tom
Davyd Harries ... Jack
Nicholas Ball ... Arthur
Julie Neesam ... The Girl
Sam Sewell ... The Trained Soldier
John Franklyn-Robbins ... Dad
Stella Tanner ... Mum
Harry Shacklock ... Stationmaster
David Scheuer ... Medical Officer
Ian Liston ... Barrack Guard
Lorna Lewis ... Prostitute
Stephen Riddle ... Dead German Soldier
Jack Le White ... Barman
Mark Penfold ... Photographer
Micaela Minelli ... Little Girl
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Runtime:
83 min
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1.75 : 1 more
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Anachronisms: In amongst the shots of "Hobart’s Funnies" on the landing beaches there is a shot of a Panjandrum. This was an experimental device which would have been used to combat the German proposed invasion of England in 1940. However it was a failure and was not used at the time and was never used in the D Day landings. more
Quotes:
[Jack and Arthur are lying down and talking while awaiting deployment]
Jack: Did you hear what Tom did this morning?
Arthur: No.
Jack: He went to see old Nickelby, and asked him if they gave out compassionate leave if there's been a death in the family. So Nickelby said, "Oh, yeah, yeah, depending on the circumstances." And Tom said, "Well, there hasn't been a death in my family yet, but there's going to be one very soon, and I request leave to go home and console my parents."
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Featured in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
We Don't Know Where We're Going more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
An unfairly overlooked masterpiece, 19 April 2007
10/10
Author: Jason Murphy from United States

I saw Stuart Cooper's 'Overlord' at Seattle's Grand Illusion Theater last summer (before it opened anywhere else in the US) having heard nothing about the movie, and was absolutely floored by it. Its simple story follows Thomas, a young recruit, through his army training until just before he hits the beaches on early morning D-Day, all the while haunted by the spectre of impending death which awaits on Normandy's beaches.

The archival footage which makes up much of the film's most stunning imagery is meticulously chosen and edited; it frequently becomes Tom's dreams and visions of the War as it unfolds, and for the viewer, it is a vision of what WWII was, seen from both German and British sides. Cooper so masterfully situates Tom, an everyman, in visions of the surrounding war, that by the end of this surprisingly short, yet incredibly rich film, the magnitude of the toll the war took on the individuals fighting it becomes overwhelmingly moving.

Many will notice the major influence this movie had on parts of 'Full Metal Jacket' (Kubrick's long time collaborator John Alcott shot 'Overlord,' and Kubrick once commented that the only thing wrong with this movie was that it should have been twice as long). However, 'Overlord' is unique; I've never seen another war movie quite like this. It's a masterpiece of cinematic war poetry, and that it's taken over 30 years to get a release of any kind in the US is really surprising. It certainly holds its own against any of the best movies made about WWII.

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