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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

Time Out Film Guide


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  • TK&P said...
    Posted on Jan 06 2008 01:21 If you have read the excellent book by ex British Soldier Alexander Baron, "The Human Kind" you will already be familar with some of the scenes portrayed in this film.
    What a pity however, that the film makers felt it neccesary to convert the experiences of the average British soldier into that of our American allies. I suppose the studio involved felt that a film about British forces fighting thier way from Italy to Germany would not have the same impact therefore revenue. I guess not much has changed on that score.
    Nethertheless a very watchable film
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