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10-27-10, 03:41 PM
...i have watched this 3 times now. it is in its own right a very fine war film.
then you get the story - which i can not describe very well here. so here is a paragraph from wiki, in summary, the end bit, the fall out of the events in modern day France:
In 2009, the BBC (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/BBC) published documentary evidence that showed black colonial soldiers - who together with North African troops made up around two-thirds of Free French forces - were deliberately removed from the units that led the Allied advance to liberate Paris (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris) in 1944. General Charles de Gaulle (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle), made it clear that he wanted Free French troops to enter the French capital first. In response Allied Command (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force) therefore insisted that all black soldiers should be replaced by white and North African ones from other French units. [4] (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/#cite_note-3)
..as i have said the film is very fine indeed. the story is excellent, the acting is completely believable. script, top-notch, tight concise, no scene too long or short. nothing is overplayed for effect. the german soldiers look very authentic - organised and fierce. the action scenes are brutal without excessive blood. and then comes the reality of men who fought for an ideal that was finally denied them.
from wiki: The film then concludes with the credit to say that the servicemen from France's former colonies had their pensions (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Pension) frozen in 1959 shortly before their countries' independence.
a later court ruled that their pensions must be paid in full. succesive governments - according to the film - have consisdently pushed them back.
it leaves me speechless, the injustice. a sense of powerlesness that probably affects all too many of us.
see the film. its superb. regardless of political/patriotic/religeous beliefs.
heres the wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Glory_(2006_film)#Modern_relevance
then you get the story - which i can not describe very well here. so here is a paragraph from wiki, in summary, the end bit, the fall out of the events in modern day France:
In 2009, the BBC (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/BBC) published documentary evidence that showed black colonial soldiers - who together with North African troops made up around two-thirds of Free French forces - were deliberately removed from the units that led the Allied advance to liberate Paris (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris) in 1944. General Charles de Gaulle (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle), made it clear that he wanted Free French troops to enter the French capital first. In response Allied Command (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force) therefore insisted that all black soldiers should be replaced by white and North African ones from other French units. [4] (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/#cite_note-3)
..as i have said the film is very fine indeed. the story is excellent, the acting is completely believable. script, top-notch, tight concise, no scene too long or short. nothing is overplayed for effect. the german soldiers look very authentic - organised and fierce. the action scenes are brutal without excessive blood. and then comes the reality of men who fought for an ideal that was finally denied them.
from wiki: The film then concludes with the credit to say that the servicemen from France's former colonies had their pensions (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Pension) frozen in 1959 shortly before their countries' independence.
a later court ruled that their pensions must be paid in full. succesive governments - according to the film - have consisdently pushed them back.
it leaves me speechless, the injustice. a sense of powerlesness that probably affects all too many of us.
see the film. its superb. regardless of political/patriotic/religeous beliefs.
heres the wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Glory_(2006_film)#Modern_relevance