Incredible movie
What an incredible movie! Co-written and directed by Billy Wilder, who was responsible for some of my favorite films of all time, especially "Some Like It Hot." It's a WW2 fictional movie, though based on fact. If you watch this and don't understand, you need to watch "The Desert Fox," with James Mason, based on German Field Marshall Erwin Rommell's life. Here, Erich Von Stoheim plays him in a remarkable performance. You really need to be into WW2 movies to understand what's going on, which I am. Or war movies, or history in general. If you don't, of course you will not appreciate it. But for those into these kind of movies, it is awesome--the acting, writing, directing, etc. It's got comic relief (Akim Tamiroff), intelligent dialog, nicely designed sets, etc.--I highly recommend it.