1949 · war · wwii · bulge
Battleground
Directed by William A. Wellman1h 58m1949
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
Our read: Battleground (1949) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded war · wwii · bulge entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured war / wwii, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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