Picture would have been better with the original casting - Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark and Ava Gardner - although Gable is quite believable.
Scenery and locations are great, and add a lot to the film. I wish there were more languages spoken, with sub-titles or perhaps a fade to English after the nationality has been determined.
Is any of this based on a true story? And it seems that if this was filmed just nine years after the end of the war, there would be more bombing ruins. I know when we lived in England and travelled throughout Europe during 1964 and 1965, we still saw signs of the destruction everywhere. Especially in the small villages and countryside.
Strange to say, West Germany looked the most recovered and the young soldiers I spoke with in the huge Munich Biergärten said, "Just wait, we will all be one Germany again soon."
Scenery and locations are great, and add a lot to the film. I wish there were more languages spoken, with sub-titles or perhaps a fade to English after the nationality has been determined.
Is any of this based on a true story? And it seems that if this was filmed just nine years after the end of the war, there would be more bombing ruins. I know when we lived in England and travelled throughout Europe during 1964 and 1965, we still saw signs of the destruction everywhere. Especially in the small villages and countryside.
Strange to say, West Germany looked the most recovered and the young soldiers I spoke with in the huge Munich Biergärten said, "Just wait, we will all be one Germany again soon."