streetsoldier wrote:There are SO many things to consider; the ability to "read" German ranks by collar tab or shoulderboard, ditto with cufftitles (would this man actually have BEEN in the bunker at that time?)...knowing the intricate pecking order within Hitler's circle, etc., etc.
I've spent a lifetime doing just that...but I'm equally at home with Normans, Crusaders, Moors, Landsknecht mercenaries, H.M.'s Foot of the Line, "Johnny Reb" and "Billy Yank"...all the way back to Sumer/Akkad, and all the way forward to tomorrow.
Those around me ask ME to "review" movies with soldiers or warriors, whatever age they are supposed to be within...I have found VERY few to live up to historical expectations. ONE stands out...The War Lord, with Charlton Heston, Richard Boone and Rosemary Forsyth.
Keep talking like that and I'll have to fly you down here to watch it with us!
The film was produced by a German (unscathed by base Hollywood interests), so we'll see how it goes.
In one customer review somewhere on the 'net, there was some curiosity about the instrument panel in the bunker (possibly more modern-looking). So far, that's the only gripe I've encountered. Everything else has read "authentic" "closest to reality", etc.
Haven't heard much about Der Untergang here in the States; I'm guessing it has to do with the subject material. I would have loved to have experienced this in a theater first, but I guess gratuitous boobs and blood are generally less offensive to moviegoers than history is.
