Still holding to it's own

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2002)

I got to review the movie on a reworked german edition lately, and it still holds on to it's own greatness and the test of time even against a "Private Ryan" or other movies of the same kind. The gripping dense atmosphere in the trenches, in the back of the fighting and at the german home site, the powerful performances of all actors (where nobody came to real fame except "Dr Kildare" say Lew Ayres) make up an intensity and a powerful statement on the devastation of war exercised even on those who physically survive it. 10 out of 10.