The Young Lions
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Movie Review: The Young Lions
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on Irving Shaw's novel, Edward Dmytryk's perceptive rumination on love, war, loyalty, and fate is notable for offering one of the first three-dimensional portrayals of a Nazi character, courtesy of Brando, in a surprisingly understated mode. Clift's own turn as the proud, patriotic Jew is one of his shining moments on-screen, while Dino eased into his first serious screen role with assurance. Great support from Lee Van Cleef (as Clift's racist superior), the superb Maximillian Schell (as a cynical Nazi), and Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, and May Britt (as love interests) keep these "Lions" roaring.Movie Review: The Young Lions Roar !
Summary: 5 Stars
Historical performances including Brando with a German accent ???!!!??? Dean Martin cool as ever and wonderfully convincing in his role and Monty Clift looking strangely out of place in the armed forces - just like all the other young men who dared to serve this country and became unwitting heroes ! Must see !Movie Review: Young Lions is still great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Years ago I viewed The Young Lions at a theater. Seeing it again was wonderful! Movies today have all kinds of special effects, but not many of them have the excellent acting of several decades ago -- as this film does.Movie Review: The Young Lions
Summary: 5 Stars
Great WW2 picture depicting US/German sides of the war. Excellent casting with Brando and Britt at their best and Martin & Clift also there. This one film to see more than once. Wish it was in color but B&W does the job.Movie Review: WWII drama from German and American perspectives
Summary: 4 Stars
Based on a novel by Irving Shaw, The Young Lions is a rare WWII movie in that it tries to tell the story of both sides, German and American, through three separate characters. Christian Diestl is a young lieutenant in the German army, an idealistic German and not a Nazi, who begins to question his beliefs has the war takes a turn for the worse and he sees what war brings out in people. Noah Ackerman is a loner who meets a young woman and falls in love, marrying her days before heading off to boot camp. Ackerman must deal with the anti-Semetic prejudices of many people around him when all he wants to do is prove himself. Mike Whiteacre is a Broadway singer and an admitted coward who is fed up with being drafted. With a run time of just under three hours, the characters are given a chance to develop and grow in a believable way as the war begins in the late 1930s and continues as the tide turns in Europe. Some scenes will have a lasting impact, Diestl walking through bombed out Berlin, Diestl talking with a SS commandant of a concentration camp, and the liberation of the same camp by the Americans. This isn't an action movie, but the battle scenes are well-done and very tense. An all-around solid movie that doesn't get the respect it deserves.
Leading a great cast, Marlon Brando gets top billing and the most screen time as Christian Diestl, the idealistic young German officer trying to come to terms with what the war is actually about. Brando gives one of his best, if not most well-known, performances as Diestl. In a role somewhat similar to his part in From Here To Eternity, Montgomery Clift gives an excellent performance as Noah Ackerman, a Jewish soldier with his bride and baby girl at home while he deals with prejudices from his own Army. Dean Martin is solid as Mike Whiteacre, a Broadway singer trying to overcome his deepest fears. All three of the main leads make their characters believable and likable, something that can be hard to do with a war movie. The supporting cast is excellent as well including Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, May Britt, Maximillian Schell, Lee Van Cleef, Arthur Franz, Parley Baer, Dora Doll, and Hal Baylor.
The DVD presents the movie in a beautiful widescreen presentation that really shows off the black and white cinematography, which earned the movie an Oscar nomination. A theatrical trailer is included along with trailers from six other Fox war movies, including Halls of Montezuma and Guadalcanal Diary. An underappreciated WWII drama with a great cast, check out The Young Lions!