Charley Bourne Posted 8 September , 2016 Share Posted 8 September , 2016 (edited) Hey lads do you know of some decent ww1 films? Edited 7 March , 2020 by Charley Bourne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 8 September , 2016 Share Posted 8 September , 2016 Several previous threads, some of which are a bit disappointing. But see here (153 posts) Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguegrafix Posted 10 September , 2016 Share Posted 10 September , 2016 All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930 version is an amazing film for the time. The battle scenes are as good, if not better than Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 10 September , 2016 Share Posted 10 September , 2016 (edited) Discussed here There are other threads, in which one member tells us more than once that the 1979 version isn't worth the celluloid on which it's printed - though I never did learn his reasons for saying so. I've just checked as to when he last posted, but it appears that he's been banned - perhaps it was following one of those occasional spats of which I'm mostly unaware. Moonraker Edited 10 September , 2016 by Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 10 September , 2016 Admin Share Posted 10 September , 2016 After 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1931) there were no British films that addressed the war in the trenches until 'Oh What a Lovely War' (1969). So it's a pretty small sub-genre. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 10 September , 2016 Share Posted 10 September , 2016 'King and Country', about the court martial of Private Hamp was released in 1964. Agreed it's not set in the trenches, but they are essential background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 10 September , 2016 Share Posted 10 September , 2016 On 9/8/2016 at 15:07, Charley Bourne said: G'day lads, Any ideas about well made movies from the First World War Era? I know a few such as War Horse, but I saw it many times now, I'd like to ask you if you know some movies of the era. Cheerio, Private Charley Bourne 15th Royal Westshires. Oh, go on, then. I'll bite. War Horse - describing it as a 'well-made film' is good. It's very well-made. With Spielberg involved, you'd expect it to be well-made. You'd also, rightly, expect it to be saccharine-coated guff. A very well-made film, but what a pile of horse poo. If you want good Great War films, why not try Renoir's masterpiece, La Grande Illusion IMDB link. Available relatively cheaply on DVD (sub'titled). Not a 'war film' as such, but a great film about war. This is pretty damned good, too Westfront 1918 but I've never found an affordable DVD. The movie version of Journey's End IMDB I tracked down through a Forum member a few years ago. Like All Quiet, very much of its time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 10 September , 2016 Share Posted 10 September , 2016 5 minutes ago, Steven Broomfield said: This is pretty damned good, too Westfront 1918 but I've never found an affordable DVD. Put your money away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 11 September , 2016 Share Posted 11 September , 2016 Top man. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 11 September , 2016 Share Posted 11 September , 2016 At the risk of provoking more heated discussion, the Australian film 'Beneath Hill 60', while far from perfect, seems to be the most favourably-regarded recent Great War film as far as Forumites are concerned. By contrast, 'Passchendaele' and 'The Red Baron' have attracted almost universal derision. I haven't sat through the whole of the former but 'The Red Baron', a German film made in English (??) is a witless farrago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 11 September , 2016 Share Posted 11 September , 2016 The Hill 60 movie was OK. Passchendaele was appallingly bad - laughably so, in fact. Nice display of Great War Canadian dental technical brilliance, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medaler Posted 11 September , 2016 Share Posted 11 September , 2016 I quite enjoyed this one.............. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyeux_Noël Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 13 September , 2016 Share Posted 13 September , 2016 Here is a list of WW I movies I have found on youtube the good the bad and the awful: Admiral Aces High The lost battalion Passendale Fraulin Doctor Nicholas and Alexandra (Parts) Romanovs an Imperial Family Shoulder arms Dobry Vojak Svejk Good Soldier Svejk She went to war The Fall of eagles Miniseries Canakkale 1915 The Trench The men of Company K 1917-1918 Flight commander The seas benneath The spy in Bkack Lenin in 1918 Chapaev The sinking of the Lusitania Battleship potemikn Rasputin the dark servant of destiny The last command 1928 White sun of the desertt October the 10 days that shook the world lenin the train March on the Drina Coward Rasputin and the Empress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speake Posted 14 September , 2016 Share Posted 14 September , 2016 I recommend The Big Parade (1925). Often overlooked, it was an influential film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 14 September , 2016 Share Posted 14 September , 2016 The first winner of the best picture Oscar, 'Wings' has recently been reissued & is well worth a look, particularly for the scenes of aerial combat. Plus that fine WW1 novel 'Company K' was filmed some 10 years ago. It's a bit of a curate's egg of a film but the good bits are worth a look. & wasn't there a Roger Corman film 'Von Richtofen & Brown'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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