Theirs Is the Glory (1946) ( Men of Arnhem )

Theirs Is the Glory (1946) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Men of Arnhem
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1946 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Brian Desmond Hurst
Terence Young

Written By:
Terence Young

Actors:
Stanley Maxted ..... Himself (war correspondent)
Thomas Scullion ..... Himself / a German / Man falling off roof / Various others
Allan Wood ..... Himself (war correspondent)

Synopsis:

Theirs is the Glory earned some of the highest critical praise ever afforded a British wartime docudrama. This is the filmed record of the ill-fated battle of Arnhem in September of 1944, when the Allied forces combined to force a total German retreat from Holland. The 'bridge too far' at Arnhem proved to be the Waterloo of this particular strategy, due to a series of unforseen mishaps and miscalculations. Of the 10,000 troops engaged in the offensive, 8,000 lost their lives. Without sugarcoating the disaster, the film points out the courage and sacrifice of the men involved in the mission. Brian Desmond Hurst directed Theirs is the Glory, while the large cast of 're-enactors' performed sans screen credit.

In 1944, British General Montgomery and his command were way north of the Allied line, and the Germans were holding them in that swampy position. The plan, put into operation on Sunday, September 14, 1944, was to drop two American Airborne divisions and the British First Airborne Division behind the German lines to capture the bridges which would open the way to the German plain. The British objective was Arnhem, the northernmost point of the Montgomery plan, and this film depicts in graphic detail the ordeal the 'Men of Arnhem', the British First Airborne, endured. The first cast listing reads the 'Survivors of the British First Airborne Divison', including a Colonel Lonsdale and a Major Gough.

Re-enactment of World War 2 Battle of Arnhem. Later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far.

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