If it wasn't for the cast or the colorful photography, this World War II drama wouldn't be worth remembering as it's pretty generic and lacking in surprises. The film deals with the allies efforts to destroy the axis path to Rhodes and prevent Rommel from his journey. Basically, it's a series of dangerous situations and while some are pretty intense, overall I've seen better war films. The main stars, Dirk Bogarde and Denholm Elliott, are very good, but it's a pretty routine assignment for them.
It's not an important issue that the film doesn't really have much humor, but the personalities seem to just be drawn in to create a type rather than to create character, and it's pretty cliched. But it's also pretty to look at, even though it's colors look nothing like real life. The cuteness of the allied soldiers being looked at with curiosity by mountain goats was amusing but pointless.
Akim Tamiroff and Eric Pohlmann are part of the ensemble with Lewis Milestone ("All Quiet on the Western Front") directing, and yet there is nothing really memorable about this outside of some beautiful scenery that gives momentary "ah's" but little else. Some of the shots makes the film look three dimensional, even though the story is pre flat. If it wasn't for the color, this would be ranked a 3/10.
It's not an important issue that the film doesn't really have much humor, but the personalities seem to just be drawn in to create a type rather than to create character, and it's pretty cliched. But it's also pretty to look at, even though it's colors look nothing like real life. The cuteness of the allied soldiers being looked at with curiosity by mountain goats was amusing but pointless.
Akim Tamiroff and Eric Pohlmann are part of the ensemble with Lewis Milestone ("All Quiet on the Western Front") directing, and yet there is nothing really memorable about this outside of some beautiful scenery that gives momentary "ah's" but little else. Some of the shots makes the film look three dimensional, even though the story is pre flat. If it wasn't for the color, this would be ranked a 3/10.