Odd amalgam of a french film, starring a british, german, and american trio, directed by an american and written by three men from. France united states year 1957 languages english french production co. Bitter victory is directed by nicholas ray and adapted to screenplay from the novel of the same name written by rene hardy. More less the french release title of this french american coproduction was amere victoire. Iran and saudi arabia part ii martin smith, correspondent. Bitter victory has plenty of angst as well, what with the conflict between brand and leith. Bitter victory 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bitter victory 2009 full movie download full hd youtube.
Pages in category french blackandwhite films the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,614 total. Bitter victory is an offbeat war movie with some interesting casting jurgens playing a hero on dry land while richard burton is not yet richard burton and very good use of location photography being the main points of interest. Bitter victory french title amere victoire is a 1957 black and white francoamerican international coproduction film, shot in cinemascope and directed by nicholas ray. Odd amalgam of a french film, starring a british, german, and american trio, directed by an. Bitter victory official trailer odd amalgam of a french film, starring a british, german, and american trio, directed by an american and written by three men from different countries. Dec 18, 2012 the bitter divisions within the fln are ignored. Clovis cornillac and christian clavier shine in this morality tale about an architect who aligns with a mayoral contender in the hopes that an election victory will get him favors. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. There was theater griffith, poetry murnau, painting. Movies online watch bitter victory 1957 full movie streaming hd 720 free film stream now playing. Urgent, absorbing, and quietly devastating, the bitter taste of victory is a superb achievement.
Perhaps thats what goes wrong with this flawed war story of two men in the african campaign during ww ii. Wind across the everglades 1958 was an offbeat collaboration with writer budd schulberg that featured christopher plummer as a game warden in the early 1900s whose efforts to save the everglades. Black gold 2011 qatari film black jack 1950 film black moon 1975 film blood father. Threaded throughout is the role of culture in a nations psyche. A second sword of god novel again uses a combat incident to parallel conflict on another level, and it is a stern, stark drama of cowardige, courage and cruelty, of men exposed to a dreadful desert ordeal and also the probation of their own worth. The soldiers are on the best of terms with the locals and provide them with both education and essential medical supplies. Wind across the everglades 1958 was an offbeat collaboration with writer budd schulberg that featured christopher plummer as a game warden in the early 1900s whose efforts to save.
Xavier alvarez is a smalltime architect from aixenprovence perpetually searching for social recognition. The film was commissioned by the algerian government a short while after algeria was granted its independence in 1962, and it was. Film synopsis d uring the indochina war in the late 1940s, lieutenant perrin is in charge of a small battalion of french troops at a remote outpost in vietnam. Instead, gillo pontecorvo, in his 1966 film, the battle of algiers, presents the war uniquely in terms of the fln against the french paratroopers. Major brandcurt jurgens is an obvious choice, especially considering his experience. Pages in category french war films the following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. Bitter victory marked rays ascension to auteur demigod status in france. Bitter victory is rays film demeuble, his desert gertrud carl theodor dreyer, 1964 or his the man who shot liberty valance john ford, 1962. The original version ran 103 minutes, a french version ran 87 minutes, a british cut ran 90 minutes and the american release was only 82 minutes long. Entered into the 7th berlin international film festival. He is visited by a thin and attractive girl in red who becomes a catalyst for romance.
I typically dislike the war film genre because its protagonists are often the opposite. The desert wars abstract nature is constantly emphasized the military objective is a bunch of documents whose meaning and value is left obscure. Bitter victory 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. In return, the grateful villagers keep an eye out for any sign of a possible attack by the. In bitter victory, general patersonanthony bushell is in a bit of a pickle with a sudden dangerous mission to steal documents behind enemy lines in benghazi requiring recruits. With richard burton, curd jurgens, ruth roman, raymond pellegrin. The desert commando raid they wiped off the record books a commander receives a citation for an attack on rommels headquarters, which is actually undeserved as the commander is unfit for his job. Voir bitter victory 1957 en streaming complet streamvoir. There was theater griffith, poetry murnau, painting rossellini, dance eisenstein, music renoir. War isnt just hell in nicholas rays bitter victory its a vindictive pissing contest enacted by petty, insecure men, desperate to prove their virility to themselves and others. Ruth roman plays the former lover of one and the wife of the other. The bitter taste of victory is more than a group biography.
There are a few vistas and arab ruins that could only shot on location in africa, but most of bitter victory looks as though it could have been filmed on a sandy french beach. Is the restored bitter victory a strange mixture of heist film, combat movie, and 1950s psychological characterization a neglected masterpiece, worthy of. Few books catch so well the strange energy of the wars immediate aftermath, the halfcrazed adrenalin and slow. It was there that he made his famous and shocking pronouncement. But in britain and the states it doesnt seem to have got beyond being a cult film which is a shame because it is one of the finest films set in a. I ts unsurprising that a film as understated and linear as bitter victory recently restored to its original cut of 102 minutes has almost become eclipsed by the thunder of jeanluc godards infamously rapturous tribute in the pages of cahiers courtesy tom milnes translation in godard on godard. Apr 07, 2020 much better received was the world war ii drama bitter victory 1957, a french english production that starred curt jurgens and richard burton. Is the restored bitter victory a strange mixture of heist film, combat movie, and 1950s psychological characterization a neglected masterpiece, worthy of jeanluc godards rapturous. There was theater griffith, poetry murnau, painting rossellini, dance. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea film the big blue. Odd amalgam of a french film, starring a british, german, and american trio, directed by an american and written by three men from different countries. Yet today bitter victory is considered one of nicholas rays most personal and powerful films by some of the leading film critics and movie historians of our age. Too subtle to connect with american audiences the film flopped badly at the boxoffice and when the studio recut it several times, each time farther and farther away from nicholas rays original vision, it didnt work but revered by french audiences, bitter victory has grown more potent in the decades since its release. Philippe bony chief executive officer, thierry desmichelle executive director, caroline mougey acquisitions director, production manager, isabelle drouart sales director. A recordbreaking number of french films selected for the toronto international film festival. Bitter victory 2008 state affairs 2008 ultimatum 2008 the life coach 2008 tellement proches. Apr 26, 2017 jonathan rosenbaum called this film an examination of macho poses in the context of that most extreme of macho games, war. The movie, made more than a decade after the end of the second world war, is also a sharp and shrieking vision of the ravaged, resounding emptiness of the. Bitter victory 1957, richard burton, curd jurgens, ruth. A commander receives a citation for an attack on general erwin rommels headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. Yet its far less dated than rebel without a causeand more interestingly complicated. Coproduction 78 executive producer 15 film exportsforeign sales 1.
I found the book to be both informative and interesting. Jan 15, 2017 bitter victory was an anglo french coproduction, filmed on location in libya with interiors filmed in france. Films of the late 1950s the world war ii drama bitter victory 1957, a frenchenglish production that starred curt jurgens and richard burton. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers. Barbarella film the bear 1988 film bel ami 2012 film belleville cop. Mar 15, 2005 i ts unsurprising that a film as understated and linear as bitter victory recently restored to its original cut of 102 minutes has almost become eclipsed by the thunder of jeanluc godards infamously rapturous tribute in the pages of cahiers courtesy tom milnes translation in godard on godard. With clovis cornillac, christian clavier, sami bouajila, vimala pons. A small but significant mission, in which a commando unit was sent to destroy a german headquarters, was to be known as operation footslog. Bitter victory 2008 someone i loved 2008 hello goodbye 2008 cycles 2008 all about actresses 2007 ugly melanie.
This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Bitter victory has a distinct atmosphere, with men traversing the north african desert. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Pages in category films based on french novels the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 627 total. So pessimistic even a lot of ray cinephiles find this film difficult to respond to. Bitter victory, he wrote in tom milnes translation, is not a reflection of life, it is life itself turned into cinema. After watching nicholas rays bitter victory in 1958, a young french critic by the name of jeanluc godard was moved so much by the film, that he declared. Bitter victory marked the american screen debut of actor sean kelly and the first film credit of author and screenwriter gavin lambert. Theres a sort of emptiness to the proceedings, with the clear sky and open terrain forcing you to focus on the main conflict between two men who feel the need to prove their manliness to each other, and to the rest of the unit, with disastrous results. A lthough this is not a french film it is often considered as such, partly because it was made in french, but mainly because it manages to make such a strong comment on the politics of france during an important part of recent history.
Bitter victory was an anglo french coproduction, filmed on location in libya with interiors filmed in france. Then i read the bitter taste of victory, a treatise on the aftermath of ww11 in germany. It stars richard burton, curd jurgens, ruth roman, raymond pellegrin, christopher lee and nigel green. Lara feigal combines the personal through the work of film makers, writers and artists with the i read lee harpers to set a watchman which explores the prejudice of the seemingly non prejudiced.
It was premiered at the venice film festival on 28 august 1957. The movie was directed and cowritten by nicholas ray, best known for such angstfilled dramas as rebel without a cause and in a lonely place. Title bitter victory director ray, nicholas countries of prod. Set in world war ii, it stars richard burton and curt jurgens as two british army officers sent out on a commando raid in north africa. Bitter victory 1957 trivia add new based on the book amere victoire, which was written by the suspected traitor of the french resistance, rene hardy. Bitter victory amere victoire is made by transcontinental, released by columbia, written by rene hardy, nicholas ray and gavin lambert, based on hardys novel, shot by michel kelber, produced by paul graetz and robert laffont, and scored by maurice le roux. Bitter honey 00h 01min minutes movie 2016 based on novelist muro saiseis 1959 book, bitter honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. Bitter victory reveals that defense as utter fallacya theme thats disturbingly relevant to recent american diplomacy, though at the time of the film s 1958 release date, ray was intending to simultaneously mourn the korean war and condemn the avalanching cold war with the soviet union. Executive producer, coproduction, film exportsforeign sales, french distribution.