In Reply to: If you replace tanks with horses... posted by Dmitry on August 13, 2000 at 20:29:49:
***...you will get the Polish cavalry meeting the Germans on a crisp Sept. day in 1939.The Soviet cavalry didn't do much better in 41... They practiced on the meneuvres with Stalin and Voroshilov watching, and it looked good - brave cavalrymen charging against tanks, throwing bundles of handgrenades, then turning back victoriously...
They forgot one small detail - tanks had machine guns...
***I do remember the movie "13"(Romm?)Yes, Romm
***, but I don't remember what it was about.I'm sure nashi won!
I think one or two survived, and the guy made it through and he brought the cavalry...
***Perhaps I should watch the Sahara again. Are you sure it was copied off of 13?
As I said, down to small details like soldiers "bathing" while the enemy commander watches whiping his dry lips.
They didn't have a black, of course, so they sent a 'khokhol' down into the well.
***These things happen, for example the Wolf with Jack Nicholson was a close remake(scriptwise) of an Odessa Movie Studios film, of all things.I didn't know that. Which film was that?
***I'm sure there were German films that mimicked the Sahara(or vice versa). That's a pretty nifty topic, actually. Let's dust off those Capra film tins.
***How did you like The Beast?
You were right, it was not a bad film. Lots of cliche's of course, but not too intrusive. I watched it with interest... and alone again... My wife left after about 40 minutes - it was too distirbing.
So imagine her first reaction when the next night I put on another tank movie?
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- Re: If you replace tanks with horses... - Victor Khomenko 05:07:41 08/14/00 (1)
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