As a son of a stoker I always loved the navy films but Cruel Sea & In Which We Serve stood out. Cruel Sea also has Sam Kydd in who was a family hero for some unknown reason.
Other films not mentioned that I always watch include Cross of Iron, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and A Matter of Life and Death. But then again I like most of Powell & Pressburger's films.
As a son of a stoker I always loved the navy films but Cruel Sea & In Which We Serve stood out. Cruel Sea also has Sam Kydd in who was a family hero for some unknown reason.
Other films not mentioned that I always watch include Cross of Iron, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and A Matter of Life and Death. But then again I like most of Powell & Pressburger's films.
Spikes war memoirs - That one plus ‘Rommel? Gunner Who?’ ‘Musolini, His Part in My Downfall’ and ‘Where Have All The Bullets Gone’ are the funniest books I’ve ever read (and also very poignant).
The only books I’ve ever read that made me laugh out loud uncontrollably - I used to get some strange looks on the train up to town every morning whilst reading them (I think/hope it was the laughing that caused the strange looks).
Another favourite WW2 film that has just come to mind in Twelve O’Clock High - classic perspective on the horrors of war and the effect it had on leadership.
Thanks, AddicksAddict, I had somehow missed that list. Some of my favorite movies there.
Their No.1 is also mine.
One of my favorite WWII movies not mentioned in their list or on this thread is The Unknown Soldier (1955) directed by Edvin Laine. It is hard to find but war movie buffs should look out for it.
Just realised their list omits The Way to the Stars (1945) directed by Anthony Asquith. Surely not a deliberate omission?
Generation War is a superb 3 part series, it's in German but with subtitles and follows 5 german friends during the German advance into Russia. It's on Netflix and is extremely well made and shows the suffering from the German side as well. True story as well.
Surprised to read the Dickie Atenbrough epic is very historically accurate in many ways. Exception being Montys role in the disaster which is overlooked in the film. Tiger tanks were mock ups. Very few non Sherman tanks not sure how accurate that is.
Fascinating period in history the war in Europe after d day.
Huge cast too.
They are not Tigers - they are Leopord 1's, post war German Cold War tanks
Lots of the Shermans are land rovers with wooden tank bodies on top - you can see their wheels in some bits of the film
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My mum took me to see Where Eagles Dare. I told her she didn’t need to, I was 28.
Other films not mentioned that I always watch include Cross of Iron, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and A Matter of Life and Death. But then again I like most of Powell & Pressburger's films.
“The Battle of the Bulge is annoying in that it completely ignores everyone but the Yanks on the allied side”
My granddad was in the Royal Engineers at the real one. The film annoyed him.
He reckoned it was the coldest he had ever been.
http://blitzwalkers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/real-to-reel.html?m=1
The only books I’ve ever read that made me laugh out loud uncontrollably - I used to get some strange looks on the train up to town every morning whilst reading them (I think/hope it was the laughing that caused the strange looks).
Another favourite WW2 film that has just come to mind in Twelve O’Clock High - classic perspective on the horrors of war and the effect it had on leadership.
No, really. Check it out
Ice Cold in Alex and Dunkirk (1958 version ) my favourites.
Very good WW2 in terms of recent releases
Downfall
In which we Serve
Casablanca and Empire of the Sun, again looking at it from a different perspective.
Their No.1 is also mine.
One of my favorite WWII movies not mentioned in their list or on this thread is The Unknown Soldier (1955) directed by Edvin Laine. It is hard to find but war movie buffs should look out for it.
Just realised their list omits The Way to the Stars (1945) directed by Anthony Asquith. Surely not a deliberate omission?
It's on Netflix and is extremely well made and shows the suffering from the German side as well.
True story as well.
Enemy at the Gates
Stalingrad
Not a war film in the conventional sense but Shoah (Claud Lanzmann) is an absolutely extraordinary film (and not just because it's nine hours long).
Lots of the Shermans are land rovers with wooden tank bodies on top - you can see their wheels in some bits of the film