Ten Seconds to Hell

1959 "BLOCKBUSTER ABOUT TO EXPLODE!"
6.5| 1h33m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 17 July 1959 Released
Producted By: United Artists
Country: United States of America
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Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Pluskylang Great Film overall
Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
Leofwine_draca TEN SECONDS TO HELL is one of the most atypical Hammer films I can remember seeing. Other than a few technical credits this has no connection to other Hammer films whatsoever. It's a post-war thriller, shot in Germany by Hollywood director Robert Aldrich, with an American cast including Jack Palance and Jeff Chandler. The film is very much like THE HURT LOCKER of its day, featuring a bomb squad working through the ruins of a bombed-out Berlin, striving to save the populace from unexploded ordnance. What follows is a character-based study in duty, camaraderie and fear, bolstered by some fine bomb-defusing suspense sequences. Chandler and Palance work well together and if this isn't as good as THE HURT LOCKER that's no surprise; it's still gripping for its day.
ma-cortes Good picture and efficiently made by Robert Aldrich in which a bunch of two-fisted characters confront deadly on a survival game during post-WWII . An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world : disarming bombs in the heat of Berlin . It depicts a microcosm of a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst a violent aftermath . At the end of the Second World War six German ex-soldiers return to Berlin and set up as a bomb disposal group to carry out their dangerous assignments and a subsequent bet . They are led by Karl Wirtz (Jeff Chandler in a strange villain character) , a selfish renegade for who the thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal regardless of the safety of his fellow team members ; Karl's true role reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever . And Eric Koertner (Jack Palance) who knows his place and duty and trusts others in the army to carry out theirs as well as he . They are constantly worried that an error or misjudgment on his part will lead to the death of an innocent civilian or a military colleague . As the tough and valiant men struggle to control their destinations . They feel strongly enough about something not to be concerned with the prevailing odds, but to struggle against those odds . They , then , agree a wager : If a man dies in the course of the job , his share is to be divided among the others and if only one survives he takes it all . As two tons of buried bomb and now two men must pit their lives against its treacherous fuse , two artificiers who had only one thing in common , the same woman (Martine Carol) .This is an exciting blockbuster about to explode dealing with German demolition workers after WWWII , in which there are thrills , intrigue , suspense , sometimes stirring scenes and a loving triangle between Chandler/Martine Carol/Palance . A full-tilt intriguing picture in which director Aldrich turns the discipline of action filmmaking into a kind of visceral visual poetry . Thus , this motion picture serves as not only a look into an important aspect of German history , showing an interesting studio of engaging characters , too . While the members face their own internal issues , they have to make safe the place and to be aware of any person at the bomb sites . This is a flick where role development plays second fiddle to inbuilt intrigue as well as emotion ; concerning a similar plot to subsequently Oscarized ¨The hurt lock¨ (2008) by Kathryn Bigelow , in which some armorers to defuse bombs , make safe location and people ; however some of who may be bombers themselves . It was realized by the British Hammer-Seven Arts Company presided by Michael Carreras , made by American Aldrich and being filmed on location in a destroyed Berlin and with Brits , French , German and American players in the cast . It stars by Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance as bomb disposal experts , both of whom give excellent performances . As Jeff Chandler slowly reveals the strength , confidence , unpredictability and finally badness of his role . Jack Palance enjoys himself throughly in a rare character . This motion picture of mixed origins was well directed , here Robert Aldrich gave a tense and brilliant direction . However , director Aldrich had his name taken off the credits as Producer because the studio cut a half-hour out of the picture without telling him , and he believed that unless they put that footage back in , the film made no sense . Aldrich began writing and directing for TV series in the early 1950s , and made his first feature in 1953 (Big Leaguer , 1953) . Soon thereafter he established his own production company and produced most of his own films , collaborating in the writing of many of them . Directed in a considerable plethora of genres but almost all of his films contained a subversive undertone . Robert shot various different actors in Oscar-nominated performances : Victor Buono , Bette Davis , Agnes Moorehead , Ian Bannen , Jack Palance and John Cassavetes . Two of Aldrich's movies : Veracruz (1954) and Deadly kiss (1955) are now considered to be among the most influential films of the 1950s . He was an expert on warlike genre (Dirty Dozen , The Angry Hills , Attack , Ten seconds to hell) and Western (The Frisko kid , Ulzana's raid , Apache , Veracruz , The last sunset) . Rating : Above average , it's a must see and a standout in its genre .
bkoganbing Ten Seconds To Hell is a story about six former German soldiers who have the dirty job of defusing all the unexploded bombs that the RAF Bomber Command under Arthur 'Bomber' Harris left in Berlin post World War II. During the late hostilities these men incurred the wrath of the Nazis, but apparently not enough to warrant a concentration camp. Or maybe someone got the bright idea that a person truly expendable in the eyes of the Third Reich was just the kind you want for this work.The six who are led by Jack Palance and Jeff Chandler are working for the British Army and get a salary and extra food rations coupons, something most useful in a devastated Berlin. But this is a fatalistic group and Chandler proposes a kind of tontine with their salaries as the work has a high fatality rate, last man standing collects the pot. Of course the last two standing are Palance and Chandler as per the screen billing.These two got a rivalry going over Martine Carol who gets those tired war weary hormones into overdrive. Not clear whether she's part of the tontine, but she'll take what comes.Ten Seconds To Hell could have been a much better film and certainly the bomb defusing scenes have tension built in. But the execution seems to fall flat though the cast gives it their best shot.
Catweazle17 Six nonconformed former German soldiers work for the British occupation forces on defusing blind shells in Berlin. The men, of very different characters, make a bet, that those who stay alive should get half of all their pays. Indeed one after another of them perishs. So it comes to the showdown between Koertner (Jack Palance) and Wirtz (Jeff Chandler), who also compete for the affection of their host Margot (Martine Carol).This exciting adventure movie is staged carefully by past master Robert Aldrich. He shows in fascinating details bomb deactivation and the atmosphere of Berlin lying in ruins - a striking metaphor for the devastated lifes of the characters! Chandler and Palance are believable in their roles. Psychological it impress through the description of the fatefully scratched squad, whose members are not able to get out of this suicidal job.In short: A depressing but exciting look on World War II survivors, who battle for the reorganization of their lifes.