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Bitter Victory (1957)
August 28, 19571h 42mEN
6.2
50 votes
Overview
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
Director
Nicholas RayWriters
Where to Watch
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Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Robert Laffont ProductionsTranscontinental FilmsColumbia Pictures
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User Reviews
John Chard
4.0Deconstructing Machismo. Bitter Victory is directed by Nicholas Ray and adapted to screenplay from the novel of the same name written by Rene Hardy. It stars Richard Burton, Curd Jurgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Christopher Lee and Nigel Green. Music is by Maurice Leroux and cinematography by Michel Kelber. It’s a film that has proved most divisive over the years, where some have seen fit to devote in depth studies to it, others have bitingly dismissed it as a stretch to far in pretentious posturing. Personally I found it rather dull, a dreary trudge through the World Wa…
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