I have never read a set of comments as intelligent about any other film. I too saw it in 1944 or thereabouts, when I was 8, and I've never forgotten it. I am sorry to have to observe, though, that it is almost certain that that this stirring and beautiful old movie will not be telecast or made easily available to the public in any form for the foreseeable future. The reasons have nothing to do with copyright or ownership. They are political, as is indicated by the otherwise puzzling changes that were made in the 1953 version. Quite a book could in fact be written about this film and a few others of the era in connection with the vision of liberty and heroism they display against background of WWII and the politics since.
Review of The Desert Song
