What are your favorite WW II movies?

Ilovetoolsteel said:
Nope, Russian T-34's done up to look like tigers. From what I understand, the same tanks were used in saving private ryan.
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Here's a picture on one of the "Tigers." It's currently at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

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maximus otter
 
Das Boot. The quinessential submarine movie, beats all the rest hands down. About a German U-boat crew. Get the German version with subtitles, it's better that way.
 
Ilovetoolsteel said:
Nope, Russian T-34's done up to look like tigers. From what I understand, the same tanks were used in saving private ryan.
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I have been trying to do some research on this.
A spokesman for the Imperial War Museum has confirmed that the IWM built the tigers for Private Ryan, on T34/76 chassis and these tanks can be seen at the IWM today, as per Maximus' post. They are slightly smaller than real Tigers.

Re. Kelly's heroes, I cannot find a definitive statement and the Tigers seem to be variously believed to be T34/85's; T44's; T53's(?); T54's; M48's; Cromwells or Comets. The T34 and Cromwell/Comet both derive ultimately from the Christie tank and have similar suspension and proportions. The Tigers cannot be Comets because the Comet has track return rollers and these are clearly absent in the film. When I last watched the film, I was convinced I was looking at Cromwells firstly because the overall shape and proportions seemed right and secondly because the tracks appeared to be too narrow for a Tiger (the Cromwell had 14" or 15.5" tracks as opposed to the 24" of the Tiger and 19" of the T34). I am not the only one to think this:
"Do we know that the "Tigers" were T34 as in SPR or were they build on a Cromwell or Comet? I have not seen the movie for a number of years but I thought at the time the tracks and wheels did not look like a T34 or 54?? If yes where were they made? "http://www.network54.com/Forum/viewall?forumid=103508&it=39

It would be much simpler to give a Cromwell the appearance of a Tiger as the hull is pretty much the right shape in the first place. Take a look

I could be wrong, though!

Andrew.
 
I like force 10 from navarone, growing up, as it had a naked chick in it. But the ones that really fascinated me was the Victory at Sea series.
 
A.W.U.K. said:
Re. Kelly's heroes, I cannot find a definitive statement and the Tigers seem to be variously believed to be T34/85's; T44's; T53's(?); T54's; M48's; Cromwells or Comets.
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The IMDB trivia section for "Kelly's heroes" says:

"The movie was mainly filmed in Yugoslavia because the Yugoslavian army still had a large quantity of Sherman tanks in 1970.

The "Tiger" tanks used in the film were actually Russian T-34 tanks which had been specially modified to look like Tiger tanks. This is apparent when you look at the suspension of the tanks (T-34s used a modified Christie suspension, whereas the Tigers' wheels were much more elaborate.)"

I think that Yugoslavia + 1970 = T34.

maximus otter
 
I would list my favourites in no particular order as;
Icecold In Alex.
Cross Of Iron.
Hell Is For Heroes.
The Eagle Has Landed.
The Guns Of Navarone.
Where Eagles Dare ("Broadsword calling Danny boy".. :) )
I would also include Michael Mann's flawed little gem, "The Keep" although strictly speaking it's a horror fantasy in a WWII setting.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
Was Guns of Navarone that one starring Harrison Ford and Quint from Jaws (he was in the Sting too).
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That was "Force 10 from Navarone."
 
Robert Shaw was in Force 10, and also in another ww2 movie about the
battle of the bulge.

ADBF I think you are right about "objective Burma".

There was another good ww2 movie I think it was "A Bridgehead at Remagan"
A great scene were Teli Savalas machinguns a dinning room and then eats
the bread off the table.

There were a couple of decent ww1 movies also. I liked the "Fighting 49th"
and "All Quiet on the Western Front" myself.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
Was Guns of Navarone that one starring Harrison Ford and Quint from Jaws (he was in the Sting too).
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Yeah, poor ol' Han Solo was in "Force Ten.." not the Original and vastly superior "Guns Of Navarone".
Sorry to Silentthunderstudios for the tardy reply; my Goddam Pc threw a wobbler right after my last post.
BTW I hope that all BladeForum users in Blighty were watching "Ice Cold In Alex" on Ch 4 tonight. :) :)
 
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ADBF I think you are right about "objective Burma".

There was another good ww2 movie I think it was "A Bridgehead at Remagan"
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Hey Fixer, I think it was "The Bridge at Remagen." But that's OK, I listed Mel Gibson's movie 'We Were Soldiers' and it was a Vietnam era movie, not WWII. Oh well, it was a war film... :rolleyes:
 
A Dogs Best Friend said:
Hey Fixer, I think it was "The Bridge at Remagen." But that's OK, I listed Mel Gibson's movie 'We Were Soldiers' and it was a Vietnam era movie, not WWII. Oh well, it was a war film... :rolleyes:
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The movie that I was thinking of earlier was "day of the condor" that's were
the german spies try to leave but there "ship" is left high and dry.

And btw who's checking?
 
oz23 said:
I would also include Michael Mann's flawed little gem, "The Keep" although strictly speaking it's a horror fantasy in a WWII setting.
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Yeah, 'The Keep' was a neat little film. I didn't know it was a M. Mann film. Scott Glenn was very good in that movie. It was very different.
 
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