Saints and Soldiers II: Airborne Creed

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Movie
German title Saints and Soldiers II - Airborne Creed
Original title Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ryan Little
script Lamonte Gray ,
Lincoln Hoppe
production Adam Abel ,
Ryan Little
music J. Bateman
camera Ryan Little
cut Burke Lewis , Rhett Lewis
occupation

Saints and Soldiers II - Airborne Creed is an American war film - drama from 2012. Although there are other main characters as in Saints and Soldiers - The real heroes of the Battle of the Ardennes from 2003 includes, it was considered continuation marketed. However, according to the producer, this was not intended as a sequel anyway. It is based in part on the memories of the real person Harland Curtis , which he wrote in letters to his family and which were later published as a book by his son. The third part Saints and Soldiers 3: Battle of the Tanks   was released in 2014.

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August 1944: the Allies have started their invasion of Germany-occupied France. The German captain Erich Neumann has two French prisoners, an old man with his grown son, executed. Even in death, the father holds the photo of his grown-up daughter in his hand.

At dawn on August 15, paratroopers from the 517th Parachute Regiment landed in Provence under heavy German fire. Two soldiers, Corporals Harland "Bud" Curtis and James Rossi, land far from the troops. Curtis is discovered and pursued by Germans, but is able to escape into a nearby forest. Hours later, Curtis tries to hide from a scouting party, but is discovered. Since they are outnumbered, he surrenders. As they search Curtis, a hand grenade flies into the group of soldiers. Rossi, who snuck up, shoots the last survivors and saves Curtis. Using a map and compass, they determine their position and discover that they are a few kilometers away from their original destination, Les Arcs , a French village. They set off and find shelter in an abandoned farm, where they meet Curtis' commanding Sergeant Caleb Jones.

Jones explains to the trio that he needs to get to Les Arcs as soon as possible as German patrols are already looking for him. After the conversation, Curtis says the "Airborne Creed", a kind of creed of the parachutists. He does this again and again to give himself courage. A conversation about religion ensues in which Jones reports that he comes from a religious family and that he studied theology as a pastor. In response to Rossi's slightly mocking question as to why he was “not a chaplain, ie a saint”, he replied that he could “be holy out here too”. Afterward, Jones recalls a conversation he had with his father in church. He encouraged him to work as a chaplain and was deeply appalled when he heard that his son wanted to become a paratrooper.

The three move on and finally come to a street. You come across Neumann, who meets with other troops and officers. Although they hide, they are discovered and a firefight begins, which ends with Neumann's troop being wiped out. When Neumann becomes aware of this, he escapes, but is pursued by Jones. While trying to escape, Neumann stumbles and loses his gun, Jones catches up with him, but hesitates to shoot him. A little later a shot is fired. The three move on and on their way to Les Arcs they meet Emilie, a woman who belongs to the Resistance . She is the daughter of the father who was killed at the beginning. Emilie explains that resistance fighters are being held by the Germans nearby and that she urgently needs help for the liberation. Rossi is against it because he doesn't trust her, but Jones agrees to help.

You will find the building, a farm where the resistance fighters are being held. The group splits up: Rossi and Jones want to check the building, while Curtis and Emilie cover them up. Jones is shot at by Germans, but Curtis and Emilie can shoot him while Rossi also kills a guard on the other side. You find the prisoners Philippe and Jacques. The third prisoner, Gustave, has already been tortured to death. Shortly afterwards, Rossi is attacked by two Germans. After he can shoot one, he becomes involved in a fight with the other. Shortly before Jones and Curtis come to the rescue, Rossi gains the upper hand and can brutally kill the German. Jones is shocked about Rossi's brutality. Again, Jones remembers a conversation with his father in which he told him that his motivation to go to war was "to be there where he can help."

Jones, who speaks French well, plans to take Philippe to Les Arcs, where the Germans have already taken the city. However, they don't want to get there directly on a road, but via a shepherd's path. On their way they come across two American soldiers: Lieutenant Woodard and Private Stewart. They report that they were in Italy and are now traveling through France with new orders. Your car is broken and Curtis offers to fix it. Then Rossi and Emilie do target practice, Rossi offers a whistle as a bet and Emilie offers a kiss. Surprisingly, Emilie wins. She takes the pipe and kisses Rossi anyway, who reacts confused.

After Curtis repairs the vehicle, Jones notices that Woodard has German binoculars and medals on his uniform. He realizes that he is dealing with Germans disguised as Americans. He arrests her and confronts her. But “Woodard” doesn't want to talk because he knows that Americans don't shoot prisoners of war. Thereupon Jacques "Stewart" grabs and shoots him. "Woodard" then admits that they have an assignment to meet and kill an important French informant. Jacques then leads him into a nearby forest.

The group arrives in Les Arcs. There they meet Jacques again, who has two other fighters with him. Jones discovers a German tank and a car full of German soldiers preparing to leave. Apparently they want to go out to find the rest of the paratroopers. Jones decides to ambush the soldiers and the group splits up.

Curtis fires a missile at the tank and is able to stop it briefly, but the soldiers jump out of the transporter and start firing back. In the subsequent firefight, the Germans suffered high losses, mainly due to the precision with which Emilie shoots. Jones and Curtis pursue the tank, which then fires at the group. All French resistance fighters except Emilie are killed. Rossi gives Jones and Curtis fire protection as they stalk the tank and successfully place and detonate a magnetic bomb on the tank. Jones is able to throw a hand grenade into the tank, but is seriously injured by a shot in the chest. Curtis tries to escape but is shot in the back. Rossi also gets a shot and is seriously injured. When everyone is on the ground, they look back on their lives and their war experiences. Rossi thinks of his best friend who he lost in a battle. Jones thinks of a conversation with his father in church. Curtis tries desperately to recall the parachutist creed that he had quoted regularly over the past few days. Before he dies he hallucinates his girlfriend, but in reality it is Emilie. In the end he dies in her arms.

Rossi regains consciousness and sees Neumann approach, whom Jones had previously released. Rossi gets up and wants to fight again, but collapses again due to his serious injury. Neumann carries Rossi to a remote farm, where he tends his wounds and gives him food. He tries to befriend Rossi. Neumann reports to Rossi that his brother works as an interpreter, most recently he was in Italy. He shows him a picture and Rossi recognizes "Woodard", the exposed German soldier. Neumann already knows that he fell. Rossi is reserved because he cannot understand that a German treats him kindly. That night Neumann dies, who was seriously injured himself. Rossi, who had slept, only noticed this the next morning when he was found by American soldiers. In the hospital he learns that Jones also survived wounded. There he meets Emilie again, who gives him personal belongings from Curtis.

criticism

“It looks as if someone wanted to shoot a great DVD for America's graying mid-fifties, but the result was unfortunately only re-enacted war scenes, as they are also shown as a video film for tourists in the London RAF Museum . It's actually a good craft, but as with other World War II films, you ask yourself: “What is it actually about?” (This looks as if it will shift DVD units in heartland gray-dollar America, but it also resembles the kind of war re-enactment video you can see in tourist attractions such as the RAF Museum in London. It is competently put together, but as with the other second world war film out this week, the nagging question is: what's the point?) "

- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian [1]

"Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed" is a modern war film, shot on a budget, with good camera work and sensible acting. But the plot sounds familiar, and anyone who likes old movies will think this looks like an update to an old war movie. (What this all boils down to is that "Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed" is a solid small budget modern war movie with some nice camera work and reasonable acting. But the basic storyline is a familiar one and anyone who is a fan of old movies will find it a lot like a modern update of a few old war movies with elements combined.) "

- The Movie Scene [2]

Trivia

The photo that Neumann Rossi shows and on which his son is depicted comes from the personal possession of the German-born actor Lincoln Hoppe. It shows Hoppe's father as a child.

German dubbed version

actor German speaker role
Nichelle Aiden Nora Jokosha Charlotte
Jasen Wade Ingo Albrecht Curtis
Virginie Fourtina Anderson Sonja Spuhl Emilie
Lincoln Hoppe Erich Rauker Erich Neumann
Lance Otto Andreas Wellano Jacques
Paul Nibley Aart Veder Jones' father
David Nibley Detlef Bierstedt Jones
Loic Anthian Gilles Karolyi Phillipe
Corbin Allred Torsten Michaelis Rossi
Curt Doussett Mario Hassert Woodward

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deseretnews: Airborne Creed designed to resonate
  2. ↑ Letters home: A Paratroopers Story
  3. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, 'Saints and Soldiers' sequel explores faith at war, August 15, 2012
  4. ↑ Saints and Soldiers II: Airborne Creed. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on April 18, 2017 .