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Just before the launch of the D-Day invasion, a special parachute regiment is sent behind the lines to destroy a German flame thrower installation. Guy Madison ... Captain Jack Murphy Peter Lee Lawrence ... Lt. Strobel Erika Blanc ... Denise Philippe Hersent ... Professor Aubernet Massimo Carocci ... Captain Ryan Directed by Alfonso Brescia
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By B. Olsen
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fairly interesting story about a resistance group infiltrating American agents into a German flame thower installation in Normandy followed by attack by US paratroopers in the night leading up to D-Day, with a bit of romance thrown in for good measure. Lots of action and not a bad story, with reasonably authentic uniforms and equipment even if most of the actors look far too old for active front service, a common fault with many war films.
Unfortunately, the technical quality of the film is frankly appalling. It looks like a third generation VHS transfer and sounds even worse with a constant crackling throughout. Obviously a widescreen transfer to full screen, you have the inevitable dialogues with people off-screen. The picture is always blurred, sometimes faded and sometimes so dark it is hard to see what is going on. You need stamina to sit this one through.
The small print on the cover admits "Some quality may have been lost during the transferring process". Yes indeed!
Unfortunately, the technical quality of the film is frankly appalling. It looks like a third generation VHS transfer and sounds even worse with a constant crackling throughout. Obviously a widescreen transfer to full screen, you have the inevitable dialogues with people off-screen. The picture is always blurred, sometimes faded and sometimes so dark it is hard to see what is going on. You need stamina to sit this one through.
The small print on the cover admits "Some quality may have been lost during the transferring process". Yes indeed!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. D. Pyke
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought a copy of this DVD was looking to seeing the film again after many years. What a disappointment. The picture is faded and very scratchy but the sound quality is almost non-existent. The volume on my TV was up full and it was still only barely audible. I'm afraid it went straight into the bin. Good film but an awful DVD.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I do like sitting down to watch a good war film. Unfortunately this is nothing like that. It is the most amateurly acted, produced and directed film I have ever seen. There is no intrduction to the plot, the editing is just terrible, the direction is poor, the production values are poor and it looks like it has been copied by filming off a screen. I actually stopped watching it because it is so bad. One to file under B for Bin.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
What the "Hell" on DVD
THIS DVD IS CRAP. WRONG FORMAT 4:3 (CORRECT WOULD BE 2,35:1)
PICTURE QUALITY IS TERRBLE
SUBTITLES: NONE
5 STARS ONLY FOR PETER LEE LAWRENCE
3 STARS... Read more
PICTURE QUALITY IS TERRBLE
SUBTITLES: NONE
5 STARS ONLY FOR PETER LEE LAWRENCE
3 STARS... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Anton Beat Riess
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rubbish
Picture quality was very poor I ordered them as an Xmas present for my husband who was so disappointed he threw all three in the bin
Published 16 months ago by Diane
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hell in Normandy No hell on your eyes ears
This must be one of the worst war film that I have had the misfortune to have bought.
The transfer quality is like an super8 film the audio sound track is out of sequence or... Read more
The transfer quality is like an super8 film the audio sound track is out of sequence or... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Christopher J. Smith
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