Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

stevelubell I haven't seen this film since it first came out but it's remained with me ever since. The most haunting scene for me was when the Army deserter was being marched to his firing squad execution, through the snow as Sinatra sang "I'll be home for Christmas". Devastating. Though it's been called a "war" film, it so clearly shows the futility and hypocrisy of war. It also depicts the realities of those tasked with fighting and surviving. The scenes in the French café as the battle worn GI attempts to seduce the proprietor using the charms he remembered from his youth before the war, and the American's and Russian's coming together, so tentatively, so different but so alike.I only wish I could buy a DVD copy. Any ideas?????

writers_reign For reasons of which I remain ignorant this was the only film directed by Carl Foreman who, along with Joe Losey, fetched up in England as a direct result of the Senator from Wisconsin. Both men had done sterling work pre-HUAC, Losey helming such films as The Dividing Line, The Boy With Green Hair, The Prowler, etc, and Foreman writing - or co-writing - such titles as Champion, Cyrano de Bergerac, Home Of The Brave, Young Man With A Horn, High Noon etc. Once in the UK Foreman wrote The Sleeping Tiger which Losey directed with both men working under assumed names. Foreman went on to write a group of well-received films, The Key, The Guns Of Navarone, The Bridge On The River Kwai, and wrote and directed The Victors with no real top-drawer stars but a fairly decent second eleven like Vince Edwards, George Hamilton, Eli Wallach and George Peppard who for once actually acts in the odd moment. A series of vignettes rather than a plot its message, don't, whatever you do, go to a war, is hackneyed but nevertheless worth repeating. Weighing in at two and a half hours it manages to hold the attention.

frostik Most of us can recall moments in our life where we vividly remember more than just a particular event. Sometimes, unimportant details such as the weather, where you were sitting or standing, or the day of the week can become as big a part of our memory as the actual event. This has been my experience since having watched the "The Victors" over forty years ago.I only saw it once but I intuitively knew that I had watched something important. Even now, I can see the face of actor Vince Edwards as he thoughtfully and solemnly manuevers his way through Europe as he participates in the war. I can't remember the other actors or the plot of the movie and am unable to be specific as to why it affected me so strongly.If I watched this movie again it is likely I would come to understand it's impact on my adolescent psyche. But from what I hear the movie is unavailable. Too bad for me any anyone else who never viewed this powerful film

johnnie0168 This movie is an excellent example of a how a mediocre cast can produce an outstanding movie in the hands of the right director. To get performances like this from the likes of George Peppard, George Hamilton, Michael Callan and Vince Edwards is a great testament to the skills of Carl Foreman. Throw in outstanding screen writing (also Foreman) and one could argue that this movie is pretty much the work of one man. It is a starkly realistic war movie that neither glorifies nor condemns war, but only makes a statement of those involved in it. Basically a series of vignettes, separate but intertwining stories of a group of men in Europe. The loves and the hates, the frailties and strengths, the deceiving and the deceived - the gamut of emotions making up the human condition are all part of this underrated masterpiece. In this way it should - unlike your typical war movie - appeal to women every bit as much as men.