1958 · war · drama
The Young Lions
Directed by Edward Dmytryk2h 47m1958
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Our read: The Young Lions (1958) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded war · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured war / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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