Favorite Warmovie

[SvenWittnebel]

Die Brücke - shown in every (West-) German school until today in history lesson.

Das Boot - (TV series).

Waterloo, the Russian/Italian movie.

Zulu.

Gettysburg.

Apokalypse Now - Redux.

The Deer Hunter.

Paths of Glory.

Hamburger Hill.

Fabrik der Offiziere.

Kelly's Heroes.

Wir Kellerkinder (not really a war movie). Shows a boy who hide a communist neighbour in the cellar of his fathers home who was a WH officer, and after the war his father in the same hiding-place when the Russians arrived and the communist became political power in East-Berlin.

[DrMemory1701]

Favorite War Movie

Das Bootie Call...

[90th Light]

Hello to all, my choice would have to go to "Cross of Iron", great movie, great director and a superb performance from a talented cast full of stars.

Hard to imagine now that the movie was made in 1976/1977 and was a joint Anglo/German movie which was anti-war and anti-Nazi. Remember this was made just after the Vietnam war and anti-war sentiment was high in the Western world at that time. The director wanted to show that soldiers & their families can be the real victims of war and bad politcians. He did this with real tanks, vehicles, uniforms, weapons, human empathy and graphic violence.

Love that line in the film were Steiner is asked what he will do after the war and he says, "prepare for the next one, do you think they will ever forget us or forgive us" Pretty well sums it up when yo think about it.

The book it is based on called "The Willing Flesh" is a good read too which as could be expected explains more than the film.

Thats my vote, Chris

[Robert T.]

Hello to all, my choice would have to go to "Cross of Iron", great movie, great director and a superb performance from a talented cast full of stars.

Hard to imagine now that the movie was made in 1976/1977 and was a joint Anglo/German movie which was anti-war and anti-Nazi. Remember this was made just after the Vietnam war and anti-war sentiment was high in the Western world at that time. The director wanted to show that soldiers & their families can be the real victims of war and bad politcians. He did this with real tanks, vehicles, uniforms, weapons, human empathy and graphic violence.

Love that line in the film were Steiner is asked what he will do after the war and he says, "prepare for the next one, do you think they will ever forget us or forgive us" Pretty well sums it up when yo think about it.

The book it is based on called "The Willing Flesh" is a good read too which as could be expected explains more than the film.

Thats my vote, Chris

"Cross of iron " battle scenes :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-u24EjzD-Y

Enjoy!!!
___________
Robert

[90th Light]

"Cross of iron " battle scenes :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-u24EjzD-Y

Enjoy!!!
___________
Robert

Thank you Robert, I really appreciate this. You would not know if there is a directors cut of this movie on DVD I could buy ? I know you can get the standard movie but I am after a version with the extra scenes and the add-on bits about how it was made.

Best regards, Chris

[Robert T.]

Thank you Robert, I really appreciate this. You would not know if there is a directors cut of this movie on DVD I could buy ? I know you can get the standard movie but I am after a version with the extra scenes and the add-on bits about how it was made.

Best regards, Chris

Chris,

There was a "Widescreen Special Edition"(uncut European version) released AUG. 1 2006, It has some add-on bits.
Look here :
http://www.amazon.ca/Cross-Iron-Wide...541738-3719211

Regards,
__________
Robert

*ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER

[90th Light]

Thank you again Robert, I will get on of those. That looks like excactly what I am after.

I see you have the poster. Have you ever seen the Australian / New Zealand version which was not in colour but a bold graphic version in the colours red, white and black only ?

Nice to touch base with someone else who really appreciates this film, Chris

[Robert T.]

Chris,

It would have been nice to own one,but the movie poster image was taken from here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cross_Iron.jpg

Good article to read on the film;
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/conten.../16/cross.html

You often see quotes from SERGEANT STEINER on WAF, there are quite a few fans among the members, Robert

[JK1945]

Sea of Sand (1958) (I think the only movie about the LRDG?)

"A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Whilst they are there they spot a large number of tanks and realise that army intelligence must be informed or some Tommies are going to be in for a nasty surprise. The Germans are equally determined that they should not reach their base, and a tense chase across the desert is the result."

[David Fettes]

My choices are:

0815 - Just totally fab.

Die Brucke - Shame about the tanks!

Wunschkonzert - I just love this film.

Der Untergang - Wow.

Cross of Iron - In German its even more awesome!

Young Lions - The way the kid sings the "Horst Wessel" just cracks me up!

Das Boot - Origianl 6 part series in German. (Cant watch the ending without crying.)

[Fallschirmjaeger]

David Fettes,the Die Brucke one what happened the ble wup some real german WW2 tanks?,Wunschkonzert whats this one about?,and Das Boot was first a tv show in germany,then they redone it for the movies?,thanks.

[SvenWittnebel]

David Fettes,the Die Brucke one what happened the ble wup some real german WW2 tanks?,Wunschkonzert whats this one about?,and Das Boot was first a tv show in germany,then they redone it for the movies?,thanks.

They didn't destroy a real tank.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCcke_%28film%29
At the German version of wikipedia they mentioned that all tanks were made of wood.

Das Boot - TV and movie was filmed as one big part but after the production they cut it in different ways, one version as movie (later as directors cut) one as TV show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

[Fallschirmjaeger]

Thanks

Thanks for all the info SvenWittnebel,thanks.

[Jens]

Die Brücke was actually based on an real event if I remember correctly.

The Unit was from 38 SS Grenadier division "Nibelungen", but that wasnt political correct in Germany at that time or now for that matter. This division was made up by mostly young student from Sonthofen and senior cadets from SS Junkerschule Bad Tölz. I actually interview a couple of them.
BTW actor
Hardy Krüger was part of Nibelungen and have even made an interview about his service in this unit.


Jens

[SvenWittnebel]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCcke_%281959%29

The author of the book was http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Dorfmeister . He a Hitlerjunge attached to the Volkssturm (in SS-uniform, edited)

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/29/0,...024381,00.html