A group of soldiers must dig in to defend Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, hampered by appalling cold weather and a thick fog making allied help impossible.
Convincing WWII drama / action film which focusses on the individual characters, allowing you to get to know them well and seeing them in realistic settings and battle sequences such that it looks almost documentary like in many places (some documentary footage is used as well). The cast are fine and on the whole, cliche and sentimentality are given a wide berth, with the characters committed to getting the job done, but hating what they do and being ready to run never far from their thoughts. The portrayal of battle here is quite brutal for 1949 and In fact overall the film seems quite modern in tone - like Peckinpah without the viscera.
Convincing WWII drama / action film which focusses on the individual characters, allowing you to get to know them well and seeing them in realistic settings and battle sequences such that it looks almost documentary like in many places (some documentary footage is used as well). The cast are fine and on the whole, cliche and sentimentality are given a wide berth, with the characters committed to getting the job done, but hating what they do and being ready to run never far from their thoughts. The portrayal of battle here is quite brutal for 1949 and In fact overall the film seems quite modern in tone - like Peckinpah without the viscera.