Raiding party gold
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Raiding party gold |
| Original title | Kelly's Heroes |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 144 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brian G. Hutton |
| script | Troy Kennedy Martin |
| production |
Gabriel Katza Sidney Beckerman |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera | Gabriel Figueroa |
| cut | John Jympson |
| occupation | |
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Shock Troop Gold (original title: Kelly's Heroes ) is an American war film from 1970 based on a Japanese story, which among other things also served as a template for the spaghetti western Two Glorious Scoundrels , relocated to the final phase of the Second World War .
action
World War II, Eastern France . An American reconnaissance unit learned by chance during interrogation of a captured German officer that a bank 30 miles behind enemy lines, guarded by German troops, contained 14,000 bars of gold. Under the leadership of Kelly and "Big Joe", the reconnaissance unit decides to use their vacation from the front for a private company and to get the gold in a bold advance behind enemy lines.
They are supported by "Spinner" ( "Oddball") and his boys, the three scattered Sherman - Tank has with crew and tricky trying to continue to apply as missing, as well as "Bacon cheek" ( "Crapgame"), a supply sergeant, who does everything for money and provides equipment for the illegal company. Of course, both require participation. Later, "Spinner" also offered a music corps and a pioneer unit as a reward for the construction of a bridge, a fair share, which they could no longer pick up, as General Colt thwarted them.
In the wake of this private venture, Kelly and his private company completely mess up the theater of war. While listening to the radio traffic and completely ignorant of the actual events, the responsible American General Colt enthusiastically orders the general advance and travels to the new front, distributing wildly medals.
In the meantime, Kelly and "Spinner" s last Sherman tank have arrived at the bank. The German troops are taken by surprise and almost completely eliminated in a single stroke. The last Sherman tank is irreparably damaged, and a German Tiger tank is still guarding the bank. "Speckbacke's" business acumen saves the failed company: Assuming that the Germans do not know what they are guarding, but only follow orders, he suggests that they too should participate in the raid.
Kelly, "Big Joe" and the "Spinner" step in front of the German tank without cover and negotiate. A share of the 16 million dollars in gold convinced the tank commander, and he blew a hole in the door of the bank with his gun. While the gold is being distributed and loaded, the general arrives with the rest of the troops in town, the residents of whom take him for Charles de Gaulle on the basis of an excuse by Big Joe , and thank him profusely for the liberation and celebrate. Under the protection of this spontaneous celebration of joy, the stolen gold is successfully brought to safety undetected.
Remarks
- American soldiers wear badges of the 35th Infantry Division , which took part in the fighting for Nancy in September 1944 .
- During filming, actor suffered Donald Sutherland in a meningitis .
- The three tigers all have the association badge (Dietrich) of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler on the back of their towers .
- The place mentioned in the film, Clermont, where the bank with the gold is located, is the place Clermont-en-Argonne in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region , where not a single scene was filmed. The shooting took place mainly in Vižinada , a small town in Croatia , which at that time belonged to Yugoslavia .
- The trucks used come from the manufacturer Tovarna Automobilov in Motorjev . The TAM "Pionir" truck was the first truck built in the former Yugoslavia (under license from Praga ).
- The Tiger tanks shown in the film are not originals, but rather converted Russian T-34s that come from the holdings of the Yugoslav People's Army . The same tanks were used in the 1969 film The Battle of the Neretva . The three Shermans are originals.
- The title song Burning Bridges was sung by The Mike Curb Congregation , and Mike Curb also created the song All for the Love of Sunshine (sung by Hank Williams Jr. ), which Spinner played through the speakers of his tank during his attack on the German military station . However, this lecture is a case of deliberate anachronism, as the first performance of this song did not get its first performance until 1970.
Reviews
For the lexicon of international film, it was a "slapstick film with a large cast - the war was so colorful!" The TV magazine Prisma also saw a funny “slapstick film with an excellent cast and brilliant camera” . The Protestant film observer , on the other hand, thought nothing of the film: "American war clothes that demonstrate how funny [in World War II] the killing [was] in the eyes of the film people."
In popular culture
- The film is addressed in some episodes of the anime series Girls und Panzer , especially as viewing material for the rabbit team in episode 10, where a fight scene from the film is shown in animated form.
Web links
- Kelly's Heroes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kelly's Heroes at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Movie poster on filmposter-archiv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video interview with actor Donald Sutherland , 24 minutes, contained in the bonus material of the DVD When the gondolas bear mourning , Arthaus - Special Films , Leipzig, + Studiocanal GmbH , Berlin
- ↑ Gold raid party. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See prisma.de
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 526/1970.