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The Victors

Year:

1963

Duration:

175 min

Genres:

War | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Carl Foreman

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1963-12-19

Filming Locations: France

Cast

Actor

Character

Peter Arne

Vince Edwards

Baker (as Vincent Edwards)

Albert Finney

Russian Soldier

George Hamilton

Trower

Melina Mercouri

Magda

Jeanne Moreau

French Woman

George Peppard

Cpl. Chase

Maurice Ronet

French Lieutenant

Rosanna Schiaffino

Maria

Romy Schneider

Regine

Elke Sommer

Helga

Eli Wallach

Sgt. Craig

Michael Callan

Eldridge

Peter Fonda

Weaver

James Mitchum

Grogan (as Jim Mitchum)

Senta Berger

Trudi

Albert Lieven

Herr Metzger

Mervyn Johns

Dennis

Tutte Lemkow

Sikh Soldier

John Crawford

U.S. Army Captain at rest area

Peter Vaughan

Policeman

George Mikell

Russian Sentry

Alf Kjellin

Priest

Russ Titus

John Rogers

Young British soldier

Marianne Deeming

Frau Metzger

Sean Kelly

Patrick Jordan

Tank Sergeant

James Chase

Condemned Soldier

Mickey Knox

Malya Nappi

Barmaid

Veite Bethke

Milo Sperber

Concentration Camp Prisoner

George Roubicek

Russian Sentry

Riggs O'Hara

Firing Squad Member

Charles De Temple

Firing Squad Member

Al Waxman

Firing Squad Member

Tom Busby

Firing Squad Member

Robert Nichols

Firing Squad Member

Graydon Gould

Firing Squad Member

Larry Caringi

Firing Squad Member

Ian Hughes

Firing Squad Member

Anthony McBride

Firing Squad Member

John Agar

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pauline Chamberlain

Woman at Dance (uncredited)

Winston Churchill

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bee Duffell

Joan (uncredited)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elizabeth Ercy

Young French Girl (uncredited)

Joël Flateau

Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

Vanda Godsell

Nurse (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Colin Maitland

(uncredited)

Elisabeth Mottet

Young French Girl (uncredited)

James Payne

German Soldier at Pill Box (uncredited)

Steve Plytas

Waiter (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Sinatra

Himself - vocalist 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' (uncredited) (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

(uncredited)

Shirley Temple

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bess Truman

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry S. Truman

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaret Truman

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Wallace

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Steve McQueen turned down the lead role because he didn't want to get typecast in war movies.

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Martin Sheen starred in The Execution of Private Slovik (1974), as the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War. While the movie appears to depict the execution scene as happening during the Christmas season (singing of carols), in fact the execution occurred on 31 January 1945.

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The film includes a very touching scene based on the execution of Private Eddie Slovik, the only case of a soldier executed in US Armed Forces during World War Two. In 1960, Frank Sinatra intended to produce a film based on the same story with a screenplay by Albert Maltz, one of the blacklisted in the infamous Hollywood Ten. But Sinatra was advised against it, because he himself could be suspected of communism, and finally decided against the project. Carl Foreman, who left the United States in 1952 because he was being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, decided to use the case of Private Slovik, and in the scene utilized the Frank Sinatra version of the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

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Goofs

"Psst! Feind hört mit" meaning "Shh! Enemy is listening" appears in a scene on a wall. Then it changes to incorrect "Psst! Feine hört mit". Then it changes to the correct first version again.

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Quotes

Sgt. Craig: To Corporal Chase in the hospital: Stupid idiot! Get outta here!

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