Irwin Shaw's monumental best-seller
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Jan 20218/10
_**Outstanding WW2 DRAMA (with Some Action)**_ "The Young Lions" is a black & white 1958 WW2 drama featuring Marlon Brando, Dean Martin and Montgomery Clift. The film attempts to show the German, American and French sides of the war. Brando stars as a young German officer who becomes increasingly disillusioned with Hitler's regime and the world war he started. Meanwhile Martin plays a worldly Broadway musician who struggles with cowardice whereas Montgomery Clift's character is a poor, naive Jewish American who falls in love with with a winsome lass (Hope Lange) and fights the anti-semitic guys in his platoon. Marlon's performance illustrates why he's considered the greatest actor in cinema; he's just captivating. Most reviewers note that Brando's German storyline is more interesting than the two American story lines, which is true, but repeat viewings grant the viewer more appreciation for the latter. There are three stunning women featured in the picture: Barbara Rush, May Britt and Liliane Montevecchi. Rush is Martin's marriage-minded gal, who flirts with Brando early on; Britt plays the luscious sexpot wife of Brando's captain (Maximilian Schell); and Montevecchi performs as a
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Cast
- Marlon BrandoLt. Christian Diestl
- Montgomery CliftNoah Ackerman
- Dean MartinMichael Whiteacre
- Hope LangeHope Plowman
- Barbara RushMargaret Freemantle
- May BrittGretchen Hardenberg
- Maximilian SchellCapt. Hardenberg
- Dora DollSimone
- Lee Van Cleef1st Sgt. Rickett
- Liliane MontevecchiFrançoise
Crew
- Edward DmytrykDirector
- Edward AnhaltWriter
- Irwin ShawNovel
- Joseph MacDonaldDirector of Photography
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
- Dorothy SpencerEditor
- Al LichtmanProducer
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