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The Victors (1963)
Director: Carl Foreman
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From Time Out Film Guide
A World War II picture with a weightiness all its own that follows an American infantry unit from Sicily, up through Europe, to the fall of Berlin and after. Foreman adds nothing to William Wellman's portrait of an ordinary GI unit in Battleground (1949). Instead of the emotional complexity of the earlier film, Foreman offers a rather cheap and shallow sense of irony, sometimes effective, more often ponderous. Interludes between campaigns are beefed up by the presence of various sexy European actresses; Hamilton, Peppard, Wallach and Fonda play some of the soldiers who get theirs at various stages of the long slog towards the death of the last one at the hands of a drunken Russian soldier (Finney) in a knife fight in Occupied Berlin.Author: CPe
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- Luca said...
- Posted on Jan 30 2008 07:42 6 stars
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- liz said...
- Posted on Dec 24 2007 12:37 I've just been listening to Sinatra's Christmas cd and heard 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' and I instantly remembered the scene of the execution in the snow although I haven't watched the film for over 40 years, it was so poignant
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- Artie Phillips said...
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Posted on Dec 16 2007 19:23
A search reveals The Victors used Frank Sinatra.
The later TV movie The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) used Bing Crosby.
Same song used for the firing squad scene : Have yourselves a merry little Christmas. - Report as inappropriate
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- harry james said...
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Posted on Aug 28 2007 14:49
I remember seeing this film and I am sure that the song
sung by F Sinatra Have yourself a merry little christmas
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- Gharrington said...
- Posted on Jul 09 2007 19:55 I saw this film 44 years ago and I can still remember the vivid scene near the end OF WWII when the terrified young U.S. deserter is half carried to a post and shot in a snowy field by firing squad while Bing Crosby sings "I'll Be Home for Christmas" in the background. Strong stuff for 1963,
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Cast & crew
Director: Carl Foreman
Producer: Carl Foreman
Cast: George Hamilton, George Peppard, Eli Wallach, Vincent Edwards, Rosanna Schiaffino, James Mitchum, Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Michael Callan, Peter Fonda, Melina Mercouri, Mervyn Johns, Albert Lieven, Senta Berger, Elke Sommer, Albert Finney full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 175 mins
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