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Waterloo (1970)
Quality of DVD transfer is mediocre at best and available in Regions 2 & 4 only
This film will be of primary interest to fans of Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer. None of the other mentioned actors have much in the way of screen time. The historical accuracy and epical scope of this recreation of a battle between about 140,000 men (casualties for the one-day battle are estimated at 52,000), should interest viewers who favor military-historical feature films. Unfortunately, the DVD transfer of this film is currently available only relatively poor quality Region 2 and Region 4 editions. The Columbia TriStar transfer is weak at best, made to fit onto a single layer DVD with minimal remastering and a subsequent less than desirable quality of both image and sound.
The Wall (1982)
A well-received three-hour TV docudrama based on 1950 John Hersey novel
It could be said that without the incredible success of the ABC miniseries Holocaust in 1978, CBS might have thought twice before greenlighting the ambitious, three-hour TV docudrama The Wall four years later. Adapted by Millard Lampell from his own 1960 Broadway play, which in turn was inspired by John Hersey's 1950 novel, The Wall is the heartbreaking but inspiring story of the heroic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. When it becomes obvious that every Jew in Poland is doomed to be shipped off to the Nazi work and death camps, some 650 members of the newly formed Jewish Fighting Organization mount a last, brave stand against nearly 3000 German soldiers. The story is told through the eyes of Warsaw Jew Dolek Benson (Tom Conti, in his first American TV appearance), who is a passive observer of the atrocities all around him until he learns the truth about the Nazi's "resettlement" program. Rachel Roberts, cast as a former schoolteacher, made her final appearance in this film; she passed away shortly after production ended. Filmed on location in Sosnowiec, Poland and first telecast February 16, 1982, The Wall earned a Peabody Award the following year. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide (NYTimes).