Everyman's War - Hell in the Ardennes
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| German title | Everyman's War - Hell in the Ardennes |
| Original title | Everyman's War |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Thad Smith |
| script | Craig Smith |
| production |
Jay Lance James Wilder Hancock |
| music | Chad Rehmann |
| camera | Joel forehead basket |
| cut | Alex Brown |
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Everyman's War (Original title: Everyman's War ) is a war film directed by Thad Smith , which premiered on May 22, 2009 in the United States . The film was released on June 10, 2010 in German-speaking countries, so far only on DVD and Blu-ray.
action
The film tells the story of the war based on the memories of World War II - veteran Don Smith when he learned of the death of his former comrade through a letter.
In September 1944, four young soldiers were sent to Europe on the HMS Queen Elizabeth to fight the German Wehrmacht in the 94th Infantry Division "Neuf-cats" - also known as " Patton's Golden Nugget" : 19-year-old factory worker Don Smith from Forest Grove in Oregon , who leaves his dearest Dorin behind, the 19-year-old farmer's son Robert Fuller from Norris in Kansas , the German- born gas station attendant Karl Heinrich from Boston , who tried to gain acceptance, and the young thug, who was sentenced to military service, Angelo Benedetto from the New York Bronx .
After a short stay in Scotland , they intervene in the war in St. Nazaire in October 1944 . In the winter months of 1944/1945 they were marched in the direction of Nennig in the Ardennes in order to pursue the defeated Wehrmacht. However, this has the order to push the Allies back over the Moselle from the German Reich as part of the Ardennes offensive . The 110th regiment is to advance to Tettingen to attack the Americans there. Due to the weather and 60 cm of fresh snow, they do not expect a massive attack by the German troops. When the Germans advance with the 11th Panzer Division on the Siegfried Line on Nennig, Smith receives the order to warn the US troops of the counter-offensive. He is shot on his way there, but still manages to reach his comrades.
As the war progressed, Smith came to the German-Czech border, where he was able to prevent a German prisoner of war from being shot by a hateful comrade. When he wants to transfer him to a prison camp, the latter shoots himself out of sheer desperation with a found pistol. Smith finds a letter with him and takes it.
After the war, Smith, who was promoted to sergeant and on his way from Chicago to Forest Grove, meets German immigrant Otto Wagner at a train station , who translates the German soldier's letter for him. From this he learns about the fate of the German family members of Jewish origin and thus the reason for his suicide .
production
Production cost was an estimated $ 720,000.
Most of the recordings took place on film sets in Oregon , United States and Ridgefield , Washington , United States.
Awards
- 2009: GI Film Festival "Best Narrative Feature"
- 2009: "Film Excellence Award" by Film Oregon
Reviews
“In America it seems to be popular to honor war adventures and heroic deeds of closer to distant ancestors in ambitious independent films made for little money. An example of this is this moderately exciting and touching WWII drama in which the 47-year-old director and author Thad Smith interprets an adventurous front story by his father Don Smith. Cole Carson ("Shoot the Moon") convinces as a young Mr. Smith in a well-crafted war drama that is said to have received a lot of acclaim at military film festivals. "
Web links
- Everyman's War - Hell in the Ardennes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Trailer for the film (original version, English)
- Everyman's War - Hell in the Ardennes on video.de
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production costs on IMDb.de. Retrieved July 16, 2010
- ↑ Locations on IMDb.de. Retrieved July 16, 2010
- ^ GI Film Festival Winners 2009 . GI Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ↑ Criticism on video.de ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 12, 2010
