Saints and Soldiers (2003)

Director:

Ryan Little

Writers:

Geoffrey Panos (story)
Matt Whitaker (writer)

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

War | Action | Drama | Adventure

Tagline:

Trapped behind enemy lines. All they have is their hope.

Plot:

Four American soldiers and one Brit fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Film Festival | Mormon | Family Relationships

Awards:

16 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Corbin Allred	...	Cpl. Nathan 'Deacon' Greer
Alexander Polinsky	...	Medic Steven Gould (as Alexander Niver)
Kirby Heyborne	...	Flt. Sgt. Oberon Winley
Larry Bagby	...	Pvt. Shirley 'Shirl' Kendrick (as Lawrence Bagby)
Peter Holden	...	SSgt. Gordon Gunderson
Ethan Vincent	...	Rudolph 'Rudi' Gertz
Melinda Renee	...	Catherine Theary
Ruby Chase O'Neil	...	Sophie Theary
Jeff Birk	...	Radio Announcer
Ben Gourley	...	Private McKinley
Tane Williams	...	Injured One-Armed Soldier
Randy Beard	...	German Officer #1
Curt Dousett	...	German Soldier #1
Michael Buster	...	German Soldier #2
M. Casey Reeves	...	Weeping Soldier

Also Known As:

The Saints of War (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for war violence and related images. (edited for re-rating)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | USA:R (original rating) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Alpine, Utah, USA

Company:

Go Films

Trivia:

Most, if not all, of the actors portraying the soldiers in the film are members of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints, except for the actor who plays Gould, he is a Scientologist.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The German POW is given a sweet wrapped in an aluminum foil, which he later uses to create a silver angel. Aluminum foils for food, like the white bread, was another luxury quite unlikely found in a forest dwelling in the Ardennes. During the war all the metal objects of common use were forcefully collected and taken out from the market to build weapons.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Villa

interesting, human, powerful.

Saints and Soldiers is a quite powerful movie. It has a very human side, although the idea is not very unique.

A movie about 5 brave allied soldiers fighting their way back to base from behind enemy lines, during WW II.

Each of the characters embodies a different human typology. There is a subtle religious side, also.

The movie has a good visual narrative construction. It is worth being seen.

The main idea is that, behind the soldier uniform there is a human being.