I saw the ending of this years ago.. I had tried to watch it and someone else had changed the channel
So I knew how the film ends- Indeed I once had an extended dream of Frank Skinner playing Ryan, and suffering the same fate. Spoiler it's a gut punch
I have more and more time for Frank Sinatra as an actor.
Desmond Mulhane- is great as the parson
Oh quite a lot of this film is in German or Italian.
We are treated to the beauties of the Italian peninsula. The final scenes in the Alps are a verdant wonder- I have since learned it is actually Spain
Like with Sink the Bismarck, you get a sense of just how destructive World War Two was- a footbridge blown up over the Alps. A visual display wall which would allow you to follow rail traffic into Milan-destroyed.
It is messy world we enter.... A gestapo officer trying to trade nylons and cigarettes to obtain a watch.
A girl who lost her virginity before she was confirmed.... The young lad seeing a beautiful woman murdered by what he assumes is a German officer- ...The killing of the wounded... Tit for tat beatings, theft of supplies
Trevor Howard is playing a ruthless British Major - A long way from Brief encounter
I am glad I made time for this.
This film is something which I think would be worth remaking I am surprised Clooney never took a crack at such
