Watch The Victors (1963) Free Online

Release Date: 1963

Cast: Maurice Ronet, Romy Schneider, George Hamilton, Vince Edwards, Rosanna Schiaffino, Melina Mercouri, George Peppard, Elke Sommer, Jeanne Moreau, Senta Berger, Eli Wallach

Categories: Movies, Anti-war, Anti-war film, War film

The Victors is a 1963 British film by Carl Foreman. The film follows a group of U.S. soldiers through Europe during World War II, from Britain in 1942, through the fierce fighting in Italy and France, to the uneasy peace of Berlin. It is adapted from a collection of short stories called The Human Kind by British author Alexander Baron, based upon his own wartime experiences. In the film the British characters of the original book were changed into Americans in order to attract American audiences. The motion picture was filmed in Sweden, France, Italy and England. Carl Foreman wrote,... MORE

The Victors is a 1963 British film by Carl Foreman. The film follows a group of U.S. soldiers through Europe during World War II, from Britain in 1942, through the fierce fighting in Italy and France, to the uneasy peace of Berlin. It is adapted from a collection of short stories called The Human Kind by British author Alexander Baron, based upon his own wartime experiences. In the film the British characters of the original book were changed into Americans in order to attract American audiences. The motion picture was filmed in Sweden, France, Italy and England. Carl Foreman wrote, produced, and directed the epic. He called it a "personal statement" about the futility of war. Both victor and vanquished are losers. The film slips between Pathé-style newsreel footage showing the conquering heroes abroad for the audience at home, and the grim reality of battlefield brutality and post-conflict ennui. No battle scenes are depicted in the film. The story is told in a series of short vignettes, each having a beginning and an ending in itself, though all are connected to the others, as a series of short stories adding up to a longer one. Atypically of Hollywood interpretations of World LESS