NR | 2 h 43 min | Drama, Romance | 1943
Bereft of scenes of actual battle, this Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger screenwriting-directing duo’s classic is a lighthearted but profound parable on the pointlessness of war. A tale of age and aging that straddles three wars, it’s a recognition, with the coming of Nazism’s craven cruelty, of evolving terms of battle. The era where rival nations bore mutual respect for codes of honor, gives way to one where victory, at any cost, counts above everything else.
