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The song that the prisoners sang was "Die Gedanken sind frei" Which roughly translates to My thoughts are free. It told the Germans that although you have my body in prison, you will never imprison have my spirit. This movie is one of my all time favorites. As a kid growing up, I loved movies and songs that showed American ingenuity. The premise of building a glider to escape from prison fascinated me. You can see the German words to the song at the following website: http://www.online.ee/~pikka/voorlaul.html#50 If you want to know what the words mean, copy and paste the test to Google's translation program.

Just call me a sentimental sap, but This one is one of my favorite movies. Robert Downey Jr., Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin, Elisabeth Shue, Tome Sizemore, Dave Paymer where all excellent! What a Great combination! I saw this movie before my youngest son was born and it made such a lasting impression on me that it caused me to make bedtime rituals with him (Prayer, and what he calls his Lu-Lu's (a song We made up)). I've seen this movie maybe a half dozen times and stop and wait any time I see that it's on TV. THis movie made me a Robert Downey Jr. fan, and it made me a little more sympathetic to his personal issues. I'm happy to see that he may have finally turned the corner on his recovery.

I LOVE storys that are battles between Good and Evil. This one hits the mark! I appreciate that they made this movie without any real "Star Power". Goes to show you that you don't need Tom Cruise, Colin Ferrel, etc... to make a movie GREAT! The setting is magnificent, the wardorbe excellent, the casting superb. As someone who has never read C.S. Lewis, this movie convinced me that I should give his books a chance. Having read all of the Harry Potter books, I can see where C.S. Lewis was way ahead of his time! My 9 year old son wants to read them now. Any movie that will get a 9 year old interested in reading is fine by me!