... and tomorrow you're going to hell

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Movie
German title ... and tomorrow you're going to hell
Original title Dalle Ardenne all'inferno
Country of production Italy , France , Federal Republic of Germany
original language Italian
Publishing year 1967
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Alberto De Martino
script Dino Verde (story) ,
Vincenzo Flamini
production Edmondo Amati
music Ennio Morricone ,
Bruno Nicolai
camera Giovanni Bergamini
cut Otello Colangeli
occupation

... and tomorrow you're going to hell (alternative title: Inferno in den Ardennen, original title: Dalle Ardenne all'inferno ) is a war film by the director Alberto De Martino . The film takes place shortly before the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands, which was then occupied by Germany . The film, which was made in an Italian-German-French co-production, celebrated its German premiere on July 12, 1968.

action

Shortly before the end of the Second World War, three US soldiers manage to escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp in the occupied Netherlands. Your destination is nearby Amsterdam . In the city headquarters there, in a vault, they suspect not only important documents but also a diamond treasure of immeasurable value. When the outbreak occurs, the refugees receive support from the Dutch resistance. Therefore, the German SS-General Hassler ordered the shooting of 30 locals - much to the displeasure of the city commandant General von Keist, who fears that the existing armistice with the Dutch partisans will end.

The group around the three escapees kidnaps Kristin von Keist, the general's young wife, so that they can more easily penetrate the headquarters. They know about Kristin's real origins and manage to get her on their side. But Kristin soon realizes that not everyone in the group is taking part out of honorable motives, because the three fugitive prisoners of war are only targeting the diamond treasure in order to keep it for themselves.

When the group can finally get the diamonds, they immediately have General von Keist's army and soon afterwards the troops of SS-General Hassler on their backs. The escape finally ends in the middle of a battle between US paratroopers and the German Wehrmacht. The skirmish ends victorious for the Americans and the three runaways come back under the care of the US Army .

criticism

“Inconsistent mix of war piece, crime thriller and comedy. The settlement of this mere entertainment in the horror of war appears questionable. "

Cinema Nuovo commented: Perhaps it was the director's ambition to present a product in which all possible themes of the war are presented as a fresco. In any case, the result is rather modest, not only because none of the topics can be deepened, but also in terms of equipment. (No. 191, February 1968)

background

  • One of the themes of the film is the Dutch resistance during the occupation of the Netherlands by the German Wehrmacht. The shooting of locals for allegedly assisting resistance fighters or helping fugitive prisoners of war was a frequently used means of repression.
  • The film character Hassler has the rank of SS general in the film . This rank did not exist.
  • The slogan on the English-language film posters was "They go where Eagles dare not" - an ironic play on the film title Where eagles dare ( Agents die lonely ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ... and tomorrow you're going to hell. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used