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The film explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger. D, A S 1933 US After Tonight: George Archainbaud: A Russian spy and an Austrian captain fall in love during WW1. R S 1933 US Ever in My Heart: Archie Mayo: Romance and espionage in WW1 D, R A, S 1934 US The Lost Patrol: John Ford: Remake of Lost Patrol: A, D N ...
1917 is a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, [7] the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay ...
The crew reviewed 100 hours of archival film footage and 600 hours of interviews with 200 WWI veterans to find the materials from which to construct the film. The film's title was inspired by a line ("They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old") from Laurence Binyon 's 1914 poem " For the Fallen ", famous for being used in the " Ode ...
Schleh, Eugene P. "All Quiet on the Western Front: A History Teacher's Reappraisal". Film & History 8.4 (1978): 66-69. Schleh, Eugene P. "Books About Film and War". Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 8.1 (1978): 11-14. Kelly, Andrew. All Quiet on the Western Front: The Story of a Film (1988). Chambers ...
Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I.Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper in the title role, the film was a critical and commercial success, and became the highest-grossing film of 1941.
Clarke and Roy Wilson flying an S.E.5A (front) and a Fokker D.VII (back) in the movie Hell's Angels. Hell's Angels had been originally conceived as a silent, with James Hall and Ben Lyon as Roy and Monte Rutledge, and Norwegian silent film star Greta Nissen cast as Helen, the female lead, and was to be directed by Marshall Neilan.
14 - Diaries of the Great War (titled Great War Diaries when aired on the BBC) is a 2014 international documentary drama series about World War I.It uses a mix of acted scenes, archive footage, and animation.
La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak.The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.