The Long Day's Dying

Film

War films

User ratings:

<strong>Rating: </strong>5/5
Rate this  

Time Out says

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

3

Comments

Add +

Release details

UK release:

1968

Duration:

95 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Peter Collinson

Cast:

Tony Beckley, Tom Bell, David Hemmings, Alan Dobie

Production Designer:

Disley Jones

Editor:

John Trumper

Cinematography:

Brian Probyn

Screenwriter:

Charles Wood

Producer:

Harry Fine

Share your thoughts
  4. * mandatory fields

Comments & ratings

Rated as: 5/5 (2 ratings)

  • the best film of the war. antibeliciste I need the DVD

    luisgi Sun May 17 2009
    Rated as: 5/5
    Report

  • I don't agree. It's a great movie with an impact which is at least at par with Saving Private Ryan or The Thin Red Line. Maybe you have to have an infantry background to fully appreciate this movie.

    Willem van Putten Sun Dec 28 2008
    Report

  • 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.

    Willem van Putten Sun Mar 2 2008
    Rated as: 5/5
    Report
  • Hotwise
  • Cool brands
  • Star