The Victors

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The Victors

1963,

2h 36m,

War

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100+ Ratings

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A group of American soldiers manages to survive over the course of World War II, from the Battle of Britain to the fall of the Third Reich. Along the way, a number of unfortunate incidents occur. White soldiers violently abuse fellow black soldiers, a deserter is summarily executed on New Year's Eve and a sergeant takes advantage of a shell-shocked French woman. War is hell for the winners and the losers in this episodic meditation on the horrors that exist on and off the field of battle.

Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Mar 3, 2020

Mr. Foreman's direction is generally artless, highly romanticized, and there really is not one good performance -- one strong characterization -- in the whole film. Eli Wallach's sergeant is the best of a lot of stereotypes.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Feb 23, 2012

[Foreman] has designed his narrative with great filmmaking skill and considerable daring, recalling the early 1940s both for nostalgia and irony.

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Joan Didion

Vogue

Mar 3, 2020

The Victors is a bad movie: its shoddiness runs deep.

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

Aug 12, 2019

[The Victors'] defects are, essentially, three: (1) there are no people, only movie actors; (2) every point is all too explicit; (3) the points, when examined, prove to be not very sharp.

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Isabel Quigly

The Spectator

Jul 13, 2018

But on the whole in trying to demolish what the block- buster war film has stood for, Mr. Foreman has used too many of its techniques-even the slow- ness and the interval.

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Theodore W

Jan 1, 2017

The Victors is a decent film. It is about a squad of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy and Germany in the final days of World War II. Vince Edwards and Albert Finney give good performances. The screenplay is a little in slow in places. Carl Foreman did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama.

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Carl Foreman

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George Hamilton

Trower

George Peppard

Cpl. Chase

Eli Wallach

Sgt. Craig

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Synopsis

A group of American soldiers manages to survive over the course of World War II, from the Battle of Britain to the fall of the Third Reich. Along the way, a number of unfortunate incidents occur. White soldiers violently abuse fellow black soldiers, a deserter is summarily executed on New Year's Eve and a sergeant takes advantage of a shell-shocked French woman. War is hell for the winners and the losers in this episodic meditation on the horrors that exist on and off the field of battle.

Director: Carl Foreman
Screenwriter: Carl Foreman
Production Co: Highroad Productions, Open Road Films (II)
Genre: War
Original Language: English
Runtime: 2h 36m

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