A film released in 1944 that talks about evil Natsies in the 1930s isn't exactly cutting edge, now is it?
The vaunted art direction is certainly interesting but if this movie is based on a best-selling book, the screenplay didn't do it justice,
Most of the story gets told by having the lead male actors read letters from each other. Weak.
The acting is try-hard Hollywood propaganda that treats the viewers like low-IQ dupes.
The letter-reading and the scenes that actually move the plot along are accompanied with obvious musical accompaniment that grates the nerves before long.
It's all such tiresome juvenelia. At 75 minutes it would make for a good film day during the WWII section of Grade 9 social studies.
The vaunted art direction is certainly interesting but if this movie is based on a best-selling book, the screenplay didn't do it justice,
Most of the story gets told by having the lead male actors read letters from each other. Weak.
The acting is try-hard Hollywood propaganda that treats the viewers like low-IQ dupes.
The letter-reading and the scenes that actually move the plot along are accompanied with obvious musical accompaniment that grates the nerves before long.
It's all such tiresome juvenelia. At 75 minutes it would make for a good film day during the WWII section of Grade 9 social studies.