Possibly the worst war movie ever made!

Rating: 1/10 (27 February 2003)

This is an appallingly bad film. The story is murky and absurd. The acting is overwrought. The cinematography is dark and hard to see. The effects are at best adequate. Maximillian Schell is the prototype German bad guy yet again. (how many times is that?) James Mason (rest his soul) is totally unconvincing as a Wehrmacht officer. And John Wayne might have been a better choice than James Coburn. Indeed the whole dreadful mess might have had a better chance had it been shot as a western with Indians instead of Russians and cowboys rather than storm troopers. That at least would justify the beards. moustaches and long hair which were "verboten" for the German soldier. A really really bad movie!