The (Silent) War

On October 19, 1944 a force of Spanish maquis (most of them Republicans that had found refuge in France after the Spanish Civil War) invaded Spain through Val D'Aran and other passes of the Pyrenees. This action, called Operation Reconquest of Spain was launched at the time that the last units of the occupying Nazi army were being swept from France. The organizers expected to encourage an uprising against the Fascist government that would force the Allies to cross into Spain and terminate Franco's rule.

The operation failed; there was no uprising, Franco deployed a large and well equipped force against the maquis, and the Allies were wary of war and unwilling to undertake additional operations since Germany was still a formidable threat (the Battle of the Bulge would begin in less than two months). On October 28 the last maquis crossed the boundary back into France.

The Spanish title of this movie is Sordo, Deaf. This refers to one of the characters, Anselmo, who loses his hearing due to an explosion. The film deals with an episode of Operation Reconquest, is based on a comic strip (it shows) and It has the look and feel of a spaghetti western; for instance Anselmo comes into possession of an iconic overcoat/ cloak and hat seen in Sergio Leone movies. Another instance; the episode of the sergeant and the bullet.

The movie is weighted down by excessive length, some cartoonish characters and holes in the script . Example: a woman that was a Soviet sniper in Stalingrad is now working for the Fascists, No explanation given. And her character is pure cliche.

On the positive side, the film has excellent cinematography and special effects, but on the whole it is unsatisfactory.

This movie was refreshing! The plot is slow, crude (in a good way), and full of nice and smooth plot twists. It feels so real, unlike hollywood crap...

I think this movie is underrated. I loved it. Great plot, great movie. I just they keep doing movies just like this one.

War of any kind remains, and will always remain brutal. Depicting it here in this film is no different. However, the cinematography, camera movements, style of the film, actors, and story is strong and should be commended to all those that participated in its making. The only thing that held me back from giving the film a 10 rating is that the subtitles often disappear rapidly, but it's not enough to hide the story because of strong inferences through strong and understandable visuals... Well done!!!

This movie doesn't have any logic; the script and characters are unbelievables.

Crazyness and hate of this era are not shown in a credible way, I don't know what they wanted to express in thi film

That is one extremely boring movie. Loaded with cliché characters. For the first hour it's not going anywhere. Also, it's full of logical errors and plot holes.

Some eruptions of gore violence doesn't save it. A head of a guy is splashed off by a gun bullet, as if it was a grenade - funny, but for what? Useless torture scenes. A hot sexy russian (!) sniper girl kills all her contractees, and a room full of soldiers, why? out of bad mood?

Not worth your life time.