Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.
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- 1 nomination total
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- TriviaStanley Kubrick later denounced this film as amateurish, saying he considered it like a child's drawing on a fridge.
- GoofsThe lieutenant and Fletcher approach the house and are seen from behind standing on a well-tended lawn. The front shot shows them standing on uneven ground with tall straggly weeds.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Corby: Well, we have nothing to lose but our futures.
- Crazy creditsPreserved by the Library of Congress - Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
- Alternate versionsBlu-ray Disc releases in America also include The Seafarers (1953), a short film from Stanley Kubrick, as a bonus feature. The European Masters of Cinema release also includes two additional shorts, Day of the Fight (1951) and Flying Padre (1951).
- ConnectionsEdited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)
Featured review
It's remarkable how much of a mess this film is. The mythology is that Kubrick himself hated the film in his later years and wanted to suppress it, and you can quite see why. The only upside is that this film proves that even geniuses have to start with some terrible work to learn from and improve. Only watch this if you are a Kubrick completist, otherwise avoid.
- Phil_Chester
- Mar 6, 2020
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Box office
- Budget
- $33,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $953
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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