The Way Ahead ( The Immortal Battalion )

The Way Ahead (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Ursprünglicher Titel: The Immortal Battalion
Ton und Untertitel:
Englisch ( Mono )
Englisch ( Subtitles )

Product Ursprung/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Laufzeit:
110 min

Längenverhältnis:
Fullscreen

Bonusmaterial:
Wechselwirkendes Menü
Szene Zugang
Schwarz und Weiß

Film innen gefilmet und produziert:
Vereinigte Königreich ( Großbritannien, Irland )

Vorbei Verwiesen:
Carol Reed

Vorbei Geschrieben:
Carol Reed
Eric Ambler

Schauspieler:
David Niven ..... Lieutenant Jim Perry
Stanley Holloway ..... Pvt. Ted Brewer
James Donald ..... Pvt. Lloyd
John Laurie ..... Pvt. Luke
Leslie Dwyer ..... Pvt. Sid Beck
Hugh Burden ..... Pvt. Bill Parsons
Jimmy Hanley ..... Pvt. Geoffrey Stainer (as Jimmie Hanley)
William Hartnell ..... Sgt. Ned Fletcher (as Billy Hartnell)
Reginald Tate ..... The Training Company Commanding Officer
Leo Genn ..... Captain Edwards
John Ruddock ..... Old Soldier
A. Bromley Davenport ..... Old Soldier (as Bromley Davenport)
Renée Asherson ..... Marjorie Gillingham (as Renee Asherson)
Mary Jerrold ..... Mrs. Gillingham
Tessie O'Shea ..... Herself (singer)

Synopsis:

No German review yet:
The Immortal Battalion has a bit of a convoluted history. It started life as a training film, The New Lot, which ran 44 minutes. When Winston Churchill approached David Niven about creating a film that would do for the British Army what In Which We Serve had done for the Royal Navy, he contacted Carol Reed and suggested expanding The New Lot. The result, written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, was the acclaimed The Way Ahead. For its U.S. release, Way Ahead was edited to a shorter length and retitled The Immortal Battalion. In either of its feature length forms, the film is concerned with the training of a bunch of raw recruits into a capable and efficient fighting regiment. Niven stars as Jim Perry, a lieutenant and former ordinary guy who finds that he must learn to take a tough line in order to make his wildly diverse crew come together and understand the importance both of the war and of their place in it. Although it takes time and constant effort on the part of Perry and his sergeant, the eight men eventually overcome their different backgrounds and feelings, and transform themselves into a unit which performs its tasks with admirable skill and dexterity, preparing them for their battle against the Desert Fox in Africa. Told in a semi-documentary style, Battalion also features the screen debut of Trevor Howard.

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