German Destroyers Of The Second World War - Part 1 DVD

Advantages: Roman Polanski as director,quarantee for a great film
Disadvantages: Very cruel

...I don’t like films about war as I find them very cruel but my husband was insisting to watch this one. THE MOVIE 1st of September 1939. The Germans are invading Poland. The famous Polish-Jew pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, works in the National Radio of Warsaw, which is destroyed by a German bomb, while he was playing a melody of Sopen. Things changed in Warsaw very dramatically and very soon Szpilman, along with his family, are closed in a ghetto in Warsaw. Very soon after, the Germans were sending people from the Jewish community to concentration camps. Out of good luck and the very last moment, Szpilman is not going with them. To survive is hiding at the ruins of the bombarded city. The help of a music-lover German officer was vital for his survival. MY OPINION Very good movie, dramatic, full with realism. I find the first part... Read review

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Advantages: Good action movie, acting and presentation of characters.
Disadvantages: Fictional account based on historical facts.

...' high command wanted them destroyed to stop the remnants of the various German armies still in the west escaping back to the homeland and subsequently sent bombers to destroy them. They thought all the bridges would be blown by the germans and as such, they would never be able to cross using a bridge anyway, so capturing the remaining armies and fighting groups to take them out of the war, was deemed a best case scenario option. They were right as well, the Germans themselves did blow a number of bridges, particularly in the south to stop Patton and other forces from crossing over and between them, both sides thought that nall easy access routes over the Rhine were closed. The northern part of the Rhine was being attacked by the US and British and Monty was the first to reach the Rhine, however, there were no bridges left where he reached... Read review

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Advantages: Well made, Good graphics, excellent content
Disadvantages: None

...This double DVD depicts the horrors of the 'Jewish Question' and the 'Final Solution', showing the conception of different killing methods, detailed eye witness accounts both by the survivor and Nazis, and detailed computer animation to show you buildings / crematoriums that were destroyed by the Germans, when they realised that the war was over. This program was originally a BBC documentary and you can tell..... a very good quality drama / documentary, showing key decisions being made by the Germans that turned Auschwitz in to the Worlds biggest killing ground. As the German invasion in to Europe contimued, more and more Jews were being rounded up and the queation of what to do with them became a paramount importance to the German high command. Then Hitler wanted the Jews to 'Disappear' and the dawn of the holocaust of the Jew... Read review

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