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The Long Day's Dying (1968)

Director: Peter Collinson

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From Time Out Film Guide

A clumsy adaptation of Alan White's fine novel about four lost soldiers - three British paratroopers and a German who becomes their prisoner - wandering around a World War II battlefield in Europe which becomes a private hell. The novel's rather interesting argument, that a highly trained soldier can revel in his skill as a killer and yet remain a pacifist, gets lost in hysterical overstatement, much camera trickery, insistent soft-focus photography, and a script by Charles Wood which is unwisely cast as a poetic stream-of-consciousness monologue. Excellent performances, though, especially from Tom Bell.

Author: TM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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  • luisgi said...
    Posted on May 17 2009 18:17 the best film of the war. antibeliciste
    I need the DVD
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  • Willem van Putten said...
    Posted on Mar 02 2008 06:46 When you know a thing or two about good old infantry work, this movie is a gem. High time it is brought out on DVD.
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Cast & crew

Director: Peter Collinson

Producer: Harry Fine

Cast: David Hemmings, Tom Bell, Tony Beckley, Alan Dobie full cast

Genre(s): War

Duration: 95 mins


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