Lesser known war films

[Wacky Racer]

When we have had previous threads about WW1 and WW2 war films, the usual stuff has been mentioned, The Dambusters, Das Boot, Battle of Britain, The Cruel Sea etc, all excellent films, but how about some mention of off beat or lesser known films with a war theme...

Such as:-

Carve her name with pride
Hangmen also die (Fritz Lang 1942.... The assassination of SS Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich)
Angels one five
San Demetrio, London
The Tin Drum
Went the day well?
The Halfway House (1944)
The Wooden Horse
Green for Danger


Any recommendations?

[Wacky Racer]

BryanC said:

Canterbury Tale

I know "A Canterbury Tale" is very highly regarded, but I've seen it several times and don't "get" the appeal.

What's so special about it? (I really like the opening scene with the Spitfire)


https://smokingbrush.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/a-ca...

[Wacky Racer]

BryanC said:

Wacky Racer said:

BryanC said:

Canterbury Tale

I know "A Canterbury Tale" is very highly regarded, but I've seen it several times and don't "get" the appeal.

What's so special about it? (I really like the opening scene with the Spitfire)


https://smokingbrush.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/a-ca...

As a man of a certain age, born just after the war, this film reminds me of an England when everybody pulled together, spoke properly, had a sense of values rarely seen these days and like the kids in the film, fought my battles climbing trees and splashing in the river without fear from what parents worry about today.

Thanks for your link, some nice captioned photos.

For me the best bits were Culpepper and Miss Allison hid in the grass while the tradition of tea drinking was discussed by the two fellas nearby, and also the Beethoven organ prelude to the regiment receiving a blessing before they headed to France.

A film of great optimism, made prior to the landings when the outcome of the war was still uncertain.

My absolute best / favourite movie of all time.

Glad you like it, I'll try it again this week.


A couple more:-

The way to the stars..(Johnny in the clouds in the USA, filmed on location in Bedale, North Yorkshire)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCJCm7T-J0

Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will"...Unmissable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQMQTLxLSY

[Wacky Racer]

Green for Danger:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zluRBp7al1I

[Wacky Racer]

[Wacky Racer]

Pesty said:

Wacky Racer said:

Wow what a cast. Finally a lesser known film I’ve never heard of.

I watched it on the TV many years ago, highly recommended.

[Wacky Racer]

The Tin Drum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTKLqhT-tTo

[Wacky Racer]

cuprabob said:

"The Way to the Stars" has just started on Film 4.

Johnny in the clouds in the USA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCJCm7T-J0

Filmed on location at Bedale in North Yorkshire.

[Wacky Racer]

ChemicalChaos said:

No one's mentioned The Final Countdown yet?

A very, very 80s attempt at a war film, where the present day USS Nimitz encounters a time vortex and is transported back to 1941, just before Pearl Harbour.
Should the warship with its hindsight knowledge and its fleet of Tomcats obliterate the Japanese attack and change the course of history? Or should it leave things be?

Excellent film. "Splash the Zero's".....

[Wacky Racer]

Will Hay comedy "The goose steps out".

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Lotusgone said:

Tootles the Taxi said:

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"Went The Day Well" - Perhaps a little too mainstream - German infiltrators take over a sleepy English village and get all Nazi on their asses, only for the plucky Brits to fight back and take them down with extreme violence.

Definitely - got this in a box set of Ealing films. It's really good, so much so that Jack Higgins stole the idea and wrote The Eagle has Landed.

https://www.mybeautifulealing.co.uk/apps/videos/vi...