Tag Archives: ww2 movies

a duty to talk (film: White Bird – Marc Foster, 2023)

Posted on December 17, 2024 by admin

To prevent history from repeating itself, the stories of episodes of the Holocaust, of other genocides, and of acts of political terror and terrorism must be made known in all their horror. The best testimonies are those of survivors. But … Continue reading →

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Orson Welles roads-opening movie (film: The Stranger – Orson Welles, 1946)

Posted on October 3, 2024 by admin

The 1946 ‘The Stranger‘ is one of Orson Welles‘ attempts to make films within the Hollywood production system. It was a commercially successful gamble, but one that would remain an exception in Welles‘ directorial career. Many of his subsequent films … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bronislau Kaper, Edward G. Robinson, film noir, Hollywood movies, Holocaust movies, John Huston, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Russell Metty, Sam Spiegel, The Stranger, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

for a piece of metal (film: Cross of Iron – Sam Peckinpah, 1977)

Posted on August 24, 2024 by admin

Any good war movie can only be an anti-war movie. This axiom is also confirmed by ‘Cross of Iron‘, the 1977 film by Sam Peckinpah, the only war film by the American director who was a master of western films … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged anti-war movies, Cross of Iron, film based on a novel, international movies production, James Coburn, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Sam Peckinpah, Senta Berger, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

the improbable heroes (film: La vie de château – Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1966)

Posted on August 23, 2024 by admin

8 feature films in 50 years. This is the entire filmography of Jean-Paul Rappeneau between 1966 and 2015. And yet, the French director and screenwriter managed with these 8 films to make a name for himself and occupy a visible … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Catherine Deneuve, comedy, French cinema, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, La vie de château, Michel Legrand, original script, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Lhomme, romantic comedy, war comedy, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

justice under terror (film: Nachts wenn der Teufel kam / The Devil Strikes at Night – Robert Siodmak, 1957)

Posted on August 17, 2024 by admin

The life path and the career of Robert Siodmak has been winding, full of ups and downs, worthy of the script of a biopic waiting to be written and brought to screens sometime in the future. The German director of … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Based on a True Story, film noir, German cinema, historical drama, Mario Adorf, Robert Siodmak, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

love and Resistance (film: Lucie Aubrac – Claude Berri, 1997)

Posted on July 31, 2024 by admin

When ‘Lucie Aubrac‘, Claude Berri‘s 1997 film, was made, the story of Resistance and love at the heart of the film was already more than half a century old history, but its main characters were still alive. Lucie and Raymond … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged based on a book, Carole Bouquet, Claude Berri, Daniel Auteuil, film about love, French cinema, inspired by true events, Lucie Aubrac, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson were still here (film: The Great Escaper – Oliver Parker, 2023)

Posted on July 10, 2024 by admin

As I get older, it becomes more and more difficult for me to watch movies starring the great actors who have accompanied my life of a cinephile and who have reached venerable ages. The feelings are mixed. On the one … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged British cinema, Danielle Vitalis, films about old age, Glenda Jackson, John Standing, melodrama, Michael Caine, Oliver Parker, The Great Escaper, William Ivory, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

war and love (film: I girasoli – Vittorio De Sica, 1970)

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

‘I girasoli‘ (‘Sunflower‘ in the English release), Vittorio De Sica‘s 1970 film, is a film that is impossible to judge outside of its historical context. Actually I should say its historical contexts. The film is a war melodrama, the story … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Carlo Ponti, film about love, I girasoli, international movies production, Italian cinema, Lyudmila Saveleva, Marcello Mastroianni, original script, Sophia Loren, Vittorio de Sica, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

the incomode heroes (film: L’affiche rouge – Frank Cassenti, 1976)

Posted on March 2, 2024 by admin

‘L’affiche rouge‘ (1976) (the English title is ‘The Red Poster‘) is the first of the films about the Manouchian or the Red Poster case – one of the most dramatic episodes and a rather controversial moment in the history of … Continue reading →

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the cruel motherland (film: Deutschland bleiche Mutter – Helma Sanders-Brahms, 1980)

Posted on January 29, 2024 by admin

Helma Sanders-Brahms is one of the most important filmmakers of the New German Cinema of the 70-80s. Her name is lesser known than that of some of her generation colleagues such as Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Win Wenders, Werner Herzog or … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, autobiographical movie, Deutschland bleiche Mutter, Ernst Jacobi, Eva Mattes, German cinema, German history, Germany Pale Mother, Helma Sanders-Brahms, historical drama, New German Cinema, original script, ww2 movies | Leave a comment