The first thing that put me off about this one was that it was made in 1966 and in my opinion should not have been in black & white. However, later in the film, they blended in quite a bit of footage from the actual battle for Paris and clearly wanted it to look like part of the movie.
One thing that that did not make sense is that the actors playing German characters and French characters spoke English (which is typical of any film, otherwise the whole thing would have been in subtitles), but the character of Adolf Hitler spoke German, as did the actors speaking to him. There was no reason given for the inconsistency.
With the exception of Orson Welles and Gert Fröbe, the acting was pretty bad. Kirk Douglas was in a brief scene as Patton, and although Douglas is a fine actor, he was totally unconvincing in that role. Maybe they should have had George C. Scott do it.
The fighting scenes were incredibly unrealistic, except the aforementioned actual footage. Two examples of this are a Sherman tank being destroyed by a German hand grenade in one scene, and several scenes of Resistance fighters shooting at panzers with rifles.
One thing that that did not make sense is that the actors playing German characters and French characters spoke English (which is typical of any film, otherwise the whole thing would have been in subtitles), but the character of Adolf Hitler spoke German, as did the actors speaking to him. There was no reason given for the inconsistency.
With the exception of Orson Welles and Gert Fröbe, the acting was pretty bad. Kirk Douglas was in a brief scene as Patton, and although Douglas is a fine actor, he was totally unconvincing in that role. Maybe they should have had George C. Scott do it.
The fighting scenes were incredibly unrealistic, except the aforementioned actual footage. Two examples of this are a Sherman tank being destroyed by a German hand grenade in one scene, and several scenes of Resistance fighters shooting at panzers with rifles.