men will die for slips of cloth

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2003)

the film does capture the majesty of the book upon which it is based ,,, the terror of fighting is juxstapositioned against the silly competition of the lackadaisical liuetenant s quest for the iron cross which he has to go home with to be a proper junker ,,, as thackeray said of a different conflict that was in the reign of george of long memory, they're all equal now