Schloss Adler = "Eagle's Castle" or "Castle Of Eagles". Maclean originally proposed this for the title, but the producer preferred "Where Eagles Dare", a Shakespeare quote.
Clint's hairstyle is such an anachronism that it adds to a sense that the film-makers all know that they're just having a blast with all this (often literally!)
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
As good a moment as any to mention that any time we can't see Burton's face, it's more than likely that we're watching Alf Joint (he got fried in the "Goldfinger" PTS) who is doubling more than would normally be expected owing to Burton's titanic alcohol intake. Their builds were similar, so much like Vic Armstrong and Harrison Ford in "Temple Of Doom" Joint did more than just the tricky parts.
Edit- Just to be clear, Ford wasn't drunk, he'd hurt his back.
This part of the movie feels slow compared with a lot of the action-saturated scenes later, but it's really entertaining with the cinematography and the slow-burn suspense... Smith turns out to be a womanising hero too...
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
Actually it's illegal to use enemy uniforms and if you are you are you don't have the right to be treated as a POW. But Hitler ordered all captured special forces to be executed anyway...
The Wehrmacht / Gestapo tensions are wonderfully implied, counterpointing the Anglo / American sparring between Smith and Schaffer but without the good nature. The film's 'politics' provide a nice undercurrent to all the action / adventure.
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
Derren Nesbitt and Anton Diffring (Kramer) are both in The Blue Max, another favourite war film of mine. Ursula Andress stars in that with George Peppard and James Mason.
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Assistant Director on this was Anthony Waye who has had a long career on the Bond films.
Colonel Turner looks shifty from the get-go...
Schloss Adler = "Eagle's Castle" or "Castle Of Eagles". Maclean originally proposed this for the title, but the producer preferred "Where Eagles Dare", a Shakespeare quote.
Clint's haircut is not military regulation - and far to 1960's.
Michael Hordern would have made a great M after Bernard Lee, if Robert Brown hadn't got the part
I wonder what unit the British are supposed to be. My money are on the SOE.
Even all dressed in white, the sergeant clearly has a red shirt on.
Clint's hairstyle is such an anachronism that it adds to a sense that the film-makers all know that they're just having a blast with all this (often literally!)
The cinematography and location are great
:-) :-)
If he was murdered, why are there no tracks in the snow.. and why is that agent yelling in enemy country? 🤔
As good a moment as any to mention that any time we can't see Burton's face, it's more than likely that we're watching Alf Joint (he got fried in the "Goldfinger" PTS) who is doubling more than would normally be expected owing to Burton's titanic alcohol intake. Their builds were similar, so much like Vic Armstrong and Harrison Ford in "Temple Of Doom" Joint did more than just the tricky parts.
Edit- Just to be clear, Ford wasn't drunk, he'd hurt his back.
This part of the movie feels slow compared with a lot of the action-saturated scenes later, but it's really entertaining with the cinematography and the slow-burn suspense... Smith turns out to be a womanising hero too...
We have those summer barns in the mountains here too. They are called "seter". All women onmy father's side were milk maids when they were young.
Mary's accent suggests she attended a good finishing school, probably in the same class as Emma Peel
"Well, I was really lucky, I ran into this fabulous blonde..."
"She have a friend?"
I love these guys' sub-Bondian banter
Actually it's illegal to use enemy uniforms and if you are you are you don't have the right to be treated as a POW. But Hitler ordered all captured special forces to be executed anyway...
Great reveal of the castle
I love the model shots of the castle with the cable car, which isn't there at the real castle.
Patrick Wymark is terrific as Turner, looking nervy and virtually constipated by secret treachery
Totally anachronistic helicopter... no wonder all the troops are gawping at it!
Before the Gestapo moved in, the hills around Schloss Adler were alive with the sound of Do-Re-Mi.
The German gebirgsjäger actually had helicopters back in the war, only not as modern.
Little Nellie bears greater resemblance to German rotorcraft of WWII.
Derren Nesbitt, this film's true villain, as the Gestapo man.
The Wehrmacht / Gestapo tensions are wonderfully implied, counterpointing the Anglo / American sparring between Smith and Schaffer but without the good nature. The film's 'politics' provide a nice undercurrent to all the action / adventure.
Derren Nesbitt and Anton Diffring (Kramer) are both in The Blue Max, another favourite war film of mine. Ursula Andress stars in that with George Peppard and James Mason.
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Fun fact: Julie Andrews was drunk during the filming of that scene 😁
Is it wise of Smith to pretend he's Himmler's brother...? a surefire way of attracting attention to himself...