Normandy

Red Rose of Normandy

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I have flashbacks to the golden era of film making, before digital took over and ruined every film. these guys took the time to find all the real tanks and hardware so when you watch the film there is no doubt that everything you see is real. there were some great shots,and stunts, I had to watch the shot of the plane going barely 10 feet over the ground over the motorcycle and the people running, amazing. I know some war historians were in the film and they had no idea how good it got to look in the end. they told me the producers are all military historians and former soldiers and had nothing but good things to say. a lot of real historical facts and hardware I have never seen in any film. well done guys especially on a very low budget film. the best low budget film I've seen

I watched this film last night. I agree with some of the comments, i.e. short skirts, lack of support in the landings etc But to me the film said more about the futility of war and who we are really fighting for. Even the Americans weren't portrayed as the usual wild west gung ho combatants (notice no black soldiers). That's what this film said to me and as David Icke says "If a country declares war on another but nobody turns up to fight it, what then?" The Russian troops didn't want to be there, they were either older men or boys, the Germans in Normandy didn't want to be there, they were made up mostly of other nationalities, so didn't give a toss about Germany. I thought seen in this light it was an excellent film.