We are all doomed
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | We are all doomed |
| Original title | The War Lover |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Philip Leacock |
| script | Howard Cook |
| production | Arthur Hornblow Junior |
| music | Richard Addinsell |
| camera | Bob Huke |
| cut | Gordon Hales |
| occupation | |
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We're All Damned (Original title: The War Lover ) is a British war film directed by Philip Leacock from 1962. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by John Hersey . The premiere in Germany took place on February 7, 1963. The DVD was released in Germany under the title The War Lover - In love with the war .
action
Buzz Rickson was stationed in England during the Second World War as the pilot of a Boeing B-17 , a so-called Flying Fortress . The egocentric is unpopular with his team. He's a risk taker and loves fighting, and he's good at it. Rickson can only get along with his copilot Lieutenant Boland. When young Daphne falls in love with Boland instead of Rickson, a conflict arises between the two.
Rickson goes mad and tries to rape Daphne. This breaks the friendship with Boland. Although Rickson enjoys his "victory" first, he lacks the rest of the self-confidence on the next mission. Rickson is plagued by doubts as to whether he can really do anything.
When Rickson is seriously injured on a mission, Boland suggests aborting the mission and abandoning the machine by jumping. But Rickson wants to prove himself and bring the machine back safely to the base. He lets the team jump over the English Channel, where he literally has to force Boland. Rickson doesn't make it, his machine crashes on the cliffs of Dover.
background
The film was u. a. Filmed at Shepperton Studios, as well as at RAF Bovingdon and Manston bases. Three Boeing B-17s were restored for the aerial photography. With the help of different names that were painted on the aircraft's nose, intelligent camera work and using film material from the war, the illusion of a large group of bombers was created.
For Arthur Hornblow Jr. it was the last job as a producer. The following military advisers were at his side: Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Spence, Lieutenant Colonel William Tesla (advisor for the B-17) and Captain John Crewdson (advisor for the air sequences).
Reviews
The lexicon of international film found: “The service and private life of the American bomber units stationed in England, which were dispatched to German cities in 1943, serve as a novel-like background for a well-cast film that is coherent in its milieu but otherwise not very real . "
Web links
- We are all doomed in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short review of the Variety (English)
- Short review of Channel 4 (English)
- Eleanor Mannikka in the New York Times (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ We are all damned. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .