war Films with original uniforms

[Peter_Suciu]

The movie Decision Before Dawn 1952 has many origional uniforms. Many scenes of black Panzer wrappers, tan/water/splinter parkas including a SS camo parka. Near the end is a scene of an officer wearing a nice Army crusher. Bill

It is also worth noting that this movie has real MP44 assault rifles too. It was the early movies that had more diverse equipment and gear. Then by the 1960s everyone had MP40s all the time. MP44s were seldom seen until more recently as the movies try to get more authentic.

[Jody]

Movies

Hello,
The original All Quiet on the Western Front used a lot of real items. The film A Time to Love and a Time to Die also used many real items. In the film The Desert Fox, James Mason is actually wearing Rommel's tunic for the Normandy part of the film. Incidently, this tunic on loan from the family turned up missing after the filming was done.
Regards,
Jody

[Patrick Dempsey]

Andrew Mollo's film It Happened Here used real gear and uniforms I believe too.

This is quite a remarkable film.

As you can imagine with myself being a citizen of the UK, i find many of the scenes in the film rather....disturbing.

Here are some captures...

[Patrick Dempsey]

The Officer being spoken to...

[Patrick Dempsey]

Marching through London...

[Patrick Dempsey]

More marching...

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Where did this end up i wonder?

[Patrick Dempsey]

Shades of the real occupation of UK territory here....

[Patrick Dempsey]

Interesting crowd detail...volunteers in London.

[Patrick Dempsey]

The above production dates from 1964.

Much praise has to be given for the German films of the 1950's some examples of which have been mentioned already on the thread.

A few grabs from the original "Stalingrad" made in 1958 show that the current trend of gritty realism to the look of combatants isn't a new invention, but a rediscovery..look how practical the troops look in these shots.

The grime, the stress, the desire to stay warm is in every frame.

Patrick.

[Patrick Dempsey]

Another..

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Dressing station.



Patrick.

[Daniele C]

Thank you so much everyone!
But Which of these films apart from Decision Before dawn are available in Europe in Dvds?

Dan

[Peter_Suciu]

Marching through London...

Considering the budget of this film I really have to wonder when those scenes from It Happened Here were shot. Those scenes are really incredible!

I've read that the tradition of shooting at 6am on Sunday continues. Doctor Who did this numerous times in the 1960s, such as the Cybermen walking down the stairs near St. James Park (I think that's right). That I read was filmed really early one Sunday morning so as to avoid crowds. And 28 Days Later also was filmed in London early in the morning. (That's a trick they do in a lot of big cities. Early morning can easily pass for dusk and with the right lighting you'd never know if it was 5am or 12noon!)

[McCulloh]

Hello,
The original All Quiet on the Western Front used a lot of real items. The film A Time to Love and a Time to Die also used many real items. In the film The Desert Fox, James Mason is actually wearing Rommel's tunic for the Normandy part of the film. Incidently, this tunic on loan from the family turned up missing after the filming was done.
Regards,
Jody

But it is out there-somewhere....
The family wants it back too.

The "props" used in Decision are apparently still in a warehouse somewhere in Germany. They put ads in theppapers starting in 1951 for uniforms etrc. to make the film. Nobody turned in any SS uniforms.