The Field of Honor - The Battle of Passchendaele
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Field of Honor - The Battle of Passchendaele |
| Original title | Passchendaele |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English , German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Gross |
| script | Paul Gross |
| production | Paul Gross, Niv Fichman , Frank Siracusa , Francis Damberger |
| music | Jan AP Kaczmarek |
| camera | Gregory Middleton |
| cut | David Wharnsby |
| occupation | |
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The field of honor - The Battle of Passchendaele is a Canadian war drama from the year 2008 .
action
Flanders 1917: The Canadian Michael Dunne suffered trench warfare on the Western Front in Europe. After a tough attack, he is brought home. He has severe physical and emotional injuries. But it doesn't stay peaceful for long. The asthma-sick brother of his great love Sarah, David, reports to the front. That's why Michael returns to the trenches. Under all circumstances he wants to bring him back without injuries, but David falls into the hands of the Germans in an attack and there are many losses.
background
The film was directed by Rhombus Media and Whizbang Films in collaboration with Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund and Damberger Film & Cattle Co. produces. The budget was 20 million Canadian dollars .
The film has been available on Blu-ray Disc since July 15, 2010 .
Movie review
From a scientific point of view (see literature) the film was called “Golgotha in West Flanders” as both “breathtakingly action-packed” and “intellectually profound”. The “guilt and atonement theme” is “staged as varied as it is grandiose” and offers not only a criticism of the former colonial power England, but also “a massive criticism of all those” who “advocated and promoted the First World War and war in general have, as well as all those who still claim war as a place of discipline, probation and moral perfection. "
literature
- Günter Helmes : "The attack has to be continued, no matter what the cost." A sample of the cinematic staging of the First World War . With references to literary themes. In: "... this is how the war sees through to all ends". The Hanseatic City of Lübeck in everyday war life 1914–1918, ed. by Nadine Garling and Diana Schweitzer. Lübeck 2016, pp. 219–263.
Awards
- Sudbury Cinéfest 2008
- Award : Audience Award for Paul Gross
- Nomination in the Best Voice Over category
- Genie Awards 2009
- Nominations:
- in the category Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Paul Gross
- Awards:
- Golden Reel Award for Niv Fichman , Francis Damberger , Paul Gross and Frank Siracusa
- in the Best Achievement in Sound Editing category for Jane Tattersall , Kevin Banks , Barry Gilmore , Andy Malcolm, and David Rose
- in the Best Achievement in Overall Sound category for Lou Solakofski , Garrell Clark , Steve Foster and Don White
- in the Best Achievement in Costume Design category for Wendy Partridge
- in the Best Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design category for Carol Spier and Janice Blackie-Goodine
- in the Best Motion Picture category for Niv Fichman , Francis Damberger , Paul Gross and Frank Siracusa
- Directors Guild of Canada 2009
- DGC Team Award
- Award in the Feature Film category
- DGC Craft Award
- Award in the Production Design - Feature category for Carol Spier
- Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards 2009
- Award in the category Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature for Gregory Middleton
- AMPIA Award 2009
- Award in the Best Make-Up Artist category for Gail Kennedy
Web links
- The field of honor - The Battle of Passchendaele in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The field of honor - The Battle of Passchendaele on moviepilot.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blu-ray launch date , accessed July 4, 2015
- ↑ Awards , Retrieved June 4, 2015.