Pax Melmacia |
08-03-05 11:40 PM |
Speaking of Russian WW2 movies some time ago the former Soviet Union released a series of historical (official Soviet history, anyways) war movies. The company even went to the trouble of casting the movie with actors who are startlingly dead-ringers of their historical counterparts, from Stalin to Goebbels to General Vlasov of the anti-Soviet White Russian army. (The Germans were played by East Germans, tho their Hitler was a bit overweight.) It was mostly the eastern front although I do remember that Skorzeny's rescue of Mussolini was portrayed.
Subtitles? Didn't need 'em. The quality of the English dubbing was comparable to that of 'Das Boot'. (The Russians were dubbed into English whilst the Germans continued to speak German with the interpreter's voice speaking over it!)
Remember that faux-Tiger tank in "Private Ryan"? These guys did it first; they had whole columns of T-62s or T-55s with phony Tiger tank chassis.
All in all, I would love to have the complete collection. (I think three segments were made.)
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