Bitter victory hardcover january 1, 1986 by robert shaplen author see all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Its a drama movie with a better than average rotten tomatoes critics score of 75% and a better. Bitter victory is an offbeat war movie with some interesting castingjurgens playing a hero on dry land while richard burton is not yet richard. The movie, made more than a decade after the end of the second world. Striving for a holistic understanding of chinas wartime experience, the contributors examine developments in the nationalist, communist, and japaneseoccupied areas of the country. Bitter victory 1957 16 0303 1958 us drama, war 1h 42m user score. Chinas bitter victory is a comprehensive analysis of chinas epochal war with japan. Strategically located in the middle of the mediterranean sea, its capture would help secure. Bitter victory 1957 where to watch it streaming online reelgood. A commander receives a citation for an attack on general erwin rommels headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. Brian knipples grand sweeping simulation of the entire italian campaign from the beaches of gela to the mountains of riva di garda, all at six miles a little less than 10 kilometers per hex. Wind across the everglades 1958 was an offbeat collaboration with writer budd schulberg that featured christopher plummer as a game warden in the early 1900s whose efforts to save. Free bitter victory dvd cover 1957 r1 ready to download and print. Inexperienced major leads the british desert commandos on an unsuccessful mission to obtain important secret german army papers at general rommels fortress in 1942.
Bitter victory french title amere victoire is a 1957 black and white franco american. Set in world war ii, it stars richard burton and curt jurgens as two british army officers sent out on a commando raid in north africa. Despite the stories from rays pov, of course that bitter victory was an unhappy shoot, with rays screenwriter fired, the novelistscreenwriter on whose book the film is based behaving like a madman, the final editing taken out of rays hands, and ray treating the whole experience as profoundly demoralizing, bitter victory is worth scouting. With richard burton, curd jurgens, ruth roman, raymond pellegrin. Bitter victory rene hardys novel has been translated for the screen into a literary, hardhitting screenplay which almost always manages to overcome some of the incongruities of the original. Unrated inexperienced major leads the british desert commandos on an unsuccessful. Jeanluc godard, a film critic at the influential magazine cahiers du cinema before he became a director, made the proclamation, the cinema is nicholas ray. Ray was fired from the film before production was finished, and several scenes were completed by screenwriter budd schulberg, who also supervised the editing. He was a natural pessimist, and in this strange war film made without a trace of antigerman feeling he found the necessary cover for his real raid on the. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bitter victory near you. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one. Bitter victory 1957 english full movie download bitter victory 1957 english full movie free download bitter victory 1957 english full movie online free download bitter victory 1957. Rent bitter victory 1958 starring richard burton and curd jurgens on dvd and bluray.
Bitter victory illuminates a chapter of world war ii that has lacked a balanced, fullscale treatment until now. Inexperienced major leads the british desert commandos on an unsuccessful mission to obtain important secret. Richard burtons introspective, theatrical detachment has rarely been deployed as pointedly as in nicholas rays 1957 drama bitter victory, which is set during the second world war. Ive only been visiting reddit a couple of weeks, and had an account for less than that. In recounting the secondlargest amphibious operation in military history, carlo deste for the first time reveals the conflicts in planning and the behindthescenes quarrels between top allied commanders. More than just a history of battles and conferences, the book portrays the significant impact of the war on every dimension of. Rent bitter victory 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Chris fujiwara wrote on turner classic movies that the film is an acid test for auteurists, one of those special films that, while ignored or despised for the most part.
The film was released in the us on 3 march 1958, cut down to 83 minutes. Bitter victory is an excellent portrayal of the sicily campaign of wwii. I would have liked to have seen more names of officers and more information about specific units. A world war ii drama starring richard burton academy awardr nomination for best actor, equus, 1977and whos afraid of virginia wolf. Wind across the everglades is a 1958 film directed by nicholas ray. A commander receives a citation for an attack on rommels headquarters, which is actually undeserved as the commander is unfit for his job. Bitter victory official trailer odd amalgam of a french film, starring a british, german, and american trio, directed by an american and written by three men from different countries. Much less famous is the movie that occasioned the observation.
Bitter victory 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Set in the second world war, this depicts the rivalry between an. After chasing axis forces out of africa in the spring of 1943, the allied armies prepared to return to europe. The campaign as a predecessor for dday is presented also. Two separate clips from nicholas rays bitter victory, based on rene hardys novel, with richard burton, curd jurgens, raymond pellegrin, christopher lee.
Playing time for bitter victory has averaged 3 hours, sometimes less, and the rules are only 8 pages, including a section on solitaire play. Two separate clips from nicholas rays bitter victory, based on rene hardys novel, with richard burton, curd jurgens, raymond pellegrin. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers. Jeanluc godard once famously wrote, the cinema is nicholas ray.
Bitter victory 1958 by the midfifties, nicholas ray was less appreciated in his own country than he was in europe where he was considered an important auteur. Born within a couple of years of each other in southern wisconsin, joseph losey 19091984, nicholas. It shows the battle as both the great victory it was, and as a series of mistakes and missed opportunities. Ruth roman plays the former lover of one and the wife of the other. In bitter victory, general patersonanthony bushell is in a bit of a pickle with a sudden dangerous mission to steal documents behind enemy lines in benghazi requiring recruits. Bitter victory french title amere victoire is a 1957 black and white francoamerican international coproduction film, shot in cinemascope and directed by nicholas ray. Demongeot, who met nicholas ray on the set of this movie, he drank a full glass of vodka every morning as easily as water. Bitter victory richard burton curd jurgens ruth roman 1958 a british captain richard burton goes on a raid in world war ii libya with a major curt jurgens he knows his wife ruth roman has slept with. No, bitter victory is antipeople that is the real savagery it contains and it is one of those films in which nicholas ray was able to set aside all traces of comfortable, saving optimism.