Ive never seen a world war 1 movie

[TomVrille]

The Fighting 69th, with James Cagney, was on TV (Turner Classic Movies) just a few nights ago. Nothing aeronautical, but some interesting ground action.

[De Petrowski Alexander]

Originally Posted by rabu

I didn't see, or maybe missed it listed on this thread... A Very Long Engagement, excellent movie.

It is mentioned by Regulus, by it's French name
Un long dimanche de fiancailles - 2004

I have a favourite. Titled "Oh what a Lovely War" made in Britain in the the sixties and based on a stage play. Much of the screen adaptation was written by Len Deighton (though he walked away after some disagreement and removed his name from the credits). It has some wonderful sequences of songs from the war and a very anti-war stance.

[ww1 ace]

Originally Posted by bshatzer

Someone (me?) should at least mention the truly dreadful WWI aviation movies - "von Richthofen and Brown" and "Zeppelin".

I've not seen it but "Lafayette Escadrille" is reputedly a stinker as well.

Cheers,

I didn't think Von Richthofen and Brown was too bad, had some nice dogfighting scenes with a lot of action with two airfield attacks, only needed some better acting!

[Scott]

WWI aviation videos

[Gregvan]

Hi,

Not an aviation film, but one of my favorites is the 1936 movie, "The Road to Glory", starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter and Lionel Barrymore. It's a very realistic depiction of the French Army and trench warfare, directed by Howard Hawks and co-written by William Faulkner (pretty good credentials); supposedly based on a previous French movie. Not available on DVD or VHS, but if you're lucky you might catch it on TCM; TNT used to show it occasionally. It has a very nasty attack across No-Man's Land, and a good look at life in the trenches. It even has a scene of French Poilus nervously listening to Germans tunneling underneath their dugout to plant a mine - the only depiction of this WWI tactic I've ever seen in a movie.

In many ways it follows some of the same themes as "Paths of Glory" and "A Very long Engagement".

Greg

TELL ENGLAND director Anthony Asquith. (Son of the former prime minister) B & W 1931
Underrated, rarely shown early sound film about the Gallipoli disaster.

[brewdog]

Originally Posted by crankcase

I am truly amazed that no one mentioned "Sergeant York" who captured a whole german division single-handedly (ok, a bit exaggerated but not much)

Actually that was a company. I think a whole division would've overwhelmed even Alvin York.

[brewdog]

Originally Posted by Regulus

A little list I made some time ago for the Dutch Wiki :


- Aces High - 1976

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 8 - Trenches of Hell - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 10 - The Phantom Train of Doom - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 11 - Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 12 - Attack of the Hawkmen - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 13 - Adventures in the Secret Service - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 15 - Daredevils of the Desert - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 16 - Tales of Innocence - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 17 - Masks of Evil - 1999

- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 18 - Treasure of the Peacock's Eye - 1999

- African Queen - 1952

- All quiet at the Western Front - 1930

- All Quiet at the Western Front - 1979

- All the King's Men - 1999

- Anzacs - 1982

- Behind the Lines - 1997

- The Big Parade - 1925

- Biggles - 1986

- Blackadder IV - Blackadder goes Forth

- The Blue Max - 1966

- British Intelligence - 1940

- Britannic - 2000

- Capitaine Conan - 1997

- The case of Sergeant Grischa - 1930

- Colonel Redl - 1985

- Crimson Romance - ?

- Les croix de bois - 1932

- Cuore - 1985

- D III 88 - 1930's

- The Dark Angel - 1934

- Dark Journey - 1937

- Dawn Patrol - 1938

- Deathwatch - 2002

- Dishonered - 1931

- Distant Bridges - 1999

- Doughboys - 1930

- The Eagle and the Hawk - 1933

- Eternal City - 1930's

- A Farewell to Arms - 1932

- A Farewell to Arms - 1957

- The Fighting 69th - 1940

- Flyboys - 2006

- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - 1921

- Gallipoli - 1981

- Gelibolu - 2005

- La Grande Guerra - 1959

- La Grande Illusion - 1937

- Half Shot at Sunrise - 1930

- Hearts of the World - ?

- Hedd Wynn - 1997

- Hell's Angels - 1930

- I was a Spy - 1933

- J'accuse - 1919

- Johnny got his gun - 1971

- Journeys End - 1930

- Lafayette Escadrille - 1958

- The Last Command - 1928

- Lawrence of Arabia - 1962

- Un long dimanche de fiancailles - 2004

- The Lost Battalion - 2001

- The Lost Patrol - 1934

- In Love and War - 1996

- Kanki - 2006

- The Lighthorsemen - 1988

- March or Die - 1977

- Mata Hari - 1932

- Mata Hari - 1985

- Merry Christmas - 2005

- Noirs et Blancs en Couleur -1976

- Nurse Edith Cavell - 1939

- Paths of Glory - 1957

- Pour le Mérite - 1930's

- The Red Baron - 1971

- The Red Baron - 2006

- Sergeant York - 1941

- Shout at the Devil - 1976

- Son Kale : Çanakkale - 2003

- Tell it to the Marines - 1926

- The Trench - 1999

- Uomini Contro - 1970

- Westfront 1918 - 1930

- Wings - 1927

- Zeppelin - 1971

Hearts Of The World came out in 1918, just a few weeks before the Armistice.

[brewdog]

Here's a few;

Beyond Glory (1932) - Ground combat film.

Hell Below (1933) - About a US sub operating against the Austro-Hungarians in the Adriatic.

The Little American (1917)

Storm At Daybreak (1933) - Begins with Franz Ferdinand's assasination.

The White Sister (1933) - Depicts Clark Gable as an Italian pilot serving on the Austrian-Italian front.

Sky Devils (1932) - Comedy with Spencer Tracy as a flier who can't fly on the Western Front.

Sky Bandits (1985) - WWI aviation spoof, I've heard this one was total suckage.

What Price Glory? (1925)

What Price Glory (1952) - With James Cagney.

The Big Parade (1925)

The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (1921)

Broken Lullaby, or The Man I Killed (1932)

Operation Michael (1937)

Morgenrot (1933)

Thunder Afloat (1939) - US Navy antisubmarine vessels off New England coast.

Leave On Parole (1937) - Nazi film about war's final days.

These next 3 are about POW camps

Behind Barbed Wire (1928)

Captured (1933)

La Grande Illusion (1937)