Alberto Sordi speaking English is an absolute delight! Great movie! My fav war comedy ever. Sordi & Niven great actors!

I got a vhs, dvd of this movie, even dub in Italian. I see it so many times. Such great movie and putting great Sordi and Niven in one movie.

@francescobruno4808

3 жыл бұрын

Is your dvd in English ? I could not find it. I found an English VHS, from where I took the audio, and the Italian DVD, from where I took the video, and merged them to make this youtube video

Alberto Sordi was a giant in his profession. Thank you very much for having shared the movie.

I have been looking for this for years. Thank you!

Thxs a ton for posting this, well worth it, gb

やっと見つけた😊デビット･ニーブンのイギリス軍将校とイタリア将校に友情の様な雰囲気になっていくのが好きです。

Ah, the farcical nature of war. And honour, of course. Brilliant movie. Thank you Franz.

Una película pero que muy bueno al final me ha hecho llorar de la emoción muchas gracias por poner pelis tan buenas como esta ❤❤❤

Saw this when I was about 12 & loved it. Love David Niven playing soldiers. So well made and excellent dialog. You have to watch & listen very closely to fully appreciate it, very much like Dads Army

@markduncan-brown4717

7 жыл бұрын

playing?.. I think David Niven was a platoon commander in ww2. yes..a playboy afterwards

@markduncan-brown4717

7 жыл бұрын

playing?.. I think David Niven was a platoon commander in ww2. yes..a playboy afterwards

I have both versions since I speak Italian too, besides Spanish and English. This is the one of the Best movies I've ever seen.

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

8 жыл бұрын

+Piontro Pechetrini Hi, is your english version better quality than this one ? in fact, this one is the result of the refurbished Italian version with English voice. Does a Spanish version exists ?

@Yorkhesan

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItalianFriendOfJapan Yes, there's a Spanish dubbed version; I watched it when a I was a kid, fourty years ago.

@francescobruno4808

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yorkhesan I would love to have the spanish version! any chance to share, or is there a dvd or an old VHR that I could buy?

@Yorkhesan

2 жыл бұрын

@@francescobruno4808 I'm afraid not, it was a SDTV broadcasting from a open signal TV station. I can't remember if it was a Spanish or Castilian dubbed version; it was long time ago, first half 80s.

That was the question. Thank you very much.

Franz - just wanted to thank you as well. I had been looking for this one either in English or in Italian (I live in the US but speak and read Italian) and finding it in English (which was the original language used during shooting) was priceless. Bless you.

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

6 жыл бұрын

To make the English version I used a restaured Italian version available on a DVD and the original English audio available on an old VCR tape !!!

@jstevinik3261

Жыл бұрын

@@ItalianFriendOfJapan I am curious if the Italian actors recorded their lines in Emglish during shooting, or, as I suspect, spoke Italian, while the British spoke English, and had dubbing actors for the English version while the Italian version had the original audio of the Italians. If two actors of different languages exchange dioluage, I presume maintaining cohesion would be easy.

@francescobruno4808

Жыл бұрын

@@jstevinik3261 It is hard to say. The main italian character have not beed dubbed, you can hear their original voice in both versions. But it is also unlikely that they had to shoot the sequences two times, to use both language. Then probably the Italian characters dubbed themselves. In fact, Alberto Sordi was also a professional dubber who gave the Italian voice, among others, to Oliver Hardy, in the comic series of Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy. While the English characters have been doubbed in the Italian version that means they used English in the original one.

@jstevinik3261

Жыл бұрын

@@francescobruno4808 I tried to find other films for Sordi and his voice is close to English of his character but I could not be sure if he ever spoken Englsih while his voice is slightly off, so I am not sure. Regardelss, If the English version had the Italians dubbed, it would be excellent. Dubbing has such an infamous reputation. This film was made before Dorty Italain prodcuers to make ww2 films, when Dirty Dozen was a hit for them to rip-off, on par with thier spaghetti westerns. I read that the screenplay dioluage was written by the writer of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Overall nice film. Most versions are the Italian restoration matched with English audio. Yes, I know the Italian version had a couple deleted scenes but not too impactful on the plot. Merry Christmas/happy holidays.

@francescobruno4808

Жыл бұрын

@@jstevinik3261 Actually, the Italian version is longer at the beginning as it shows when Sordi was recruiting locals. That part is missing in the English version as other minor parts. I have not had the opportunity yet to look at the Spanish version that I bought recently form Amazon Spain! Merry Chrismas and Happy New Year

As a kid, I had many a toy tank carved made by Italian POW's My grandad was with Montgomery in WWII. . He taught me a few things about Italians. Half of them didn't want to be in the war anyway.

One of my teachers was with the Black Watch. Mr Nicholson. A wonderful man. However, he hated the Italians most sincerely - but loved the Germans. I never understood why. However, when he found out that I was half-German, my marks went up remarkably. Good job, I wasn’t half Italian. Incidentally, I love the Italians far more than most Germans - in general.

THE FUTILITY OF WAR. This is on my top 5 "favorite movies" list. (not "best movies" list, "favorites" list.) I've looked for it for decades. I'm 85 and not tech savvy thus I don't know how to save it outside of You Tube. Darn! Oh, well. I'll just enjoy watching it now.

@checkpointcharlie1788

7 жыл бұрын

I have it on a cd.

@michelerosini7439

6 жыл бұрын

thanks from italy!

@jeremybear573

5 жыл бұрын

Gob Bless you sir and your insight and wisdom!

@floydroadheroes

5 жыл бұрын

i totally agree with you about this film. It has always been on my mind and when I saw it years ago I loved it. Not top 5 films of all time but ranks highly of ones I like very much. I put it on my watch later list and though it has taken a long time to get to the top of the list, I looked forward to seeing it when it arrived to that moment! Still love it and happy to have just watched it again!

@franciscomastrogianni8286

5 жыл бұрын

Joan O'Steen you go to KZread search and put the name of the movie and will keep it in storage for you.

Great movie must see part 2.

The final was one of the most moving moments of the whole movie, when they are honored by the British.

@floydroadheroes

5 жыл бұрын

it brought a tear to my eye and all!

@Elitist20

3 жыл бұрын

And at the beginning 1:37 - 1:43 it was funny to see their respective obscene gestures - Niven's British reverse V-sign and Sordi's Italian phallic forearm jerk. ;-)

A great movie. 👍

This film just goes to show that not all Italian made war films are “Spaghetti war films”, although with Dino De Laurentis and David Niven involved it stood more chance of being a good film rather than a “B” movie.

If war could only be that way...

The British have always been very Brave and courageous, even in the worst moments.

@williameaton9058

6 жыл бұрын

like when they surrendered 120,000 men to the Japanese?

@archiewoosung2800

6 жыл бұрын

Let's hope they get you

@caseyjoanz

5 жыл бұрын

Piontro Pechetrini - Wait! Brave AND courageous? Brave, in that no matter how shameful their cowardice they continue to show up for battles; but courageous? Retreat as an army’s preferred tactic prior to surrender can be courageous if it isn’t commonly the result of loud threats!

One of my childhood favourites....

This guys made my year I really like this movie and remember seeing it as a kid and a few times in cable. Could not find the english version anywhere (good version have and old copy low quality) thanks for sharing

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

8 жыл бұрын

+vaq130 Thanks. The english version does not exist anymore. This is the Italian version recently refurbished. I removed the Italian audio and overlapped the English audio I could get from an old VHS. It has not been that easy as the Italian version is longer, with more funny situations, and the English version was mounted differently. Please help sharing.

@paulweston4829

8 жыл бұрын

+Franz Thanks for movie. You have obviously put a lot of effort into this English version.

@leonardogregoratti386

8 жыл бұрын

+Franz yes the Ita version is funnier. you could have left some minor comments of Sordi when he utters stuff in Roman dialect ahahahha

"You walked the men into he ground today, Well that's better than burying them." LOL! If you walked them into the ground, you do not have to bury them, they walked into their graves.

Alguém tem esse filme traduzido?. Assisti na década de 80 na sessão da tarde.

Thanks so much. Like everyone else been looking for decades. Now, any chance you can dig up "Mr. Moses" with Robert Mitchum?

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

8 жыл бұрын

+Frank N. Hi, I am afraid I never saw Mr. Moses. Looking up in the internet I found to following links:kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpN_scmqpteymco.html ______and_____; kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6qlyrSGmLWoeNI.html Not sure if they are what you are looking for.

" Did I say Egudaba ? " nodding " Did they hear me " nodding :D lamo :D :D :D

Funny movie!

Yum yum, what look like Humber ACs at the start of this film also later on universal carriers and Chevrolet(?) trucks

Am I wrong or Michael Wilding's character suddenly disappears after half an hour?

13.21 - 'We must be the first Englishmen to be captured by Italians, since Boudicea..." - as if the Angles, Saxons and Jutes were present amongst the Iceni and other Celtic Britons at the time of Boudicca!

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

3 жыл бұрын

:-)

@janetmackinnon3411

21 күн бұрын

The Romans came from what is now Italy.

@sutapasbhattacharya9471

20 күн бұрын

@@janetmackinnon3411 The point of my comment is that the 'English' [the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians from Northern Europe were not in Briton at the time of Boudicca. The natives were the Britons not the English.

love david niven in ww2 he was a real kick arse officer r i p

Bom.

Overall it's ok, but many scenes have been deleted. The Italian version includes them, but it is dubbed in Italian. I found subtitles in English, but it's no fun to read lips, watch subs and hear the Italian.

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

8 жыл бұрын

+Phil Favro You are right. I have been unsure about whether to include the deleted scenes leaving the Italian audio with sub-title only for those scenes or just to cut them as I did.

@chesterigajda1560

7 жыл бұрын

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música de toodo unpoco

read his auto biography the moon is a baloon

daigual lodigo llo

Gibt es irgendwo die deutsche Fassung?

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

7 жыл бұрын

I am sorry but I do not understand German. If you are asking whether a German version exist, I do not know.

what happend to the end ????

@francescobruno4808

5 жыл бұрын

See the second part of the video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/haBmupOSY8Sbo6g.html

Not to nitpick the uploader, but I believe its spelled "Abyssinia".

@ItalianFriendOfJapan

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, you're right. Thanks for correcting. I used the Italian name.

@redcardinalist

5 жыл бұрын

@@ItalianFriendOfJapan I don't know anything about this film but I'm presumming it's Itlain produced? Abissinia is how it's spelt in the film so I think you were right to go with that. Anyway, many thanks for uplaoding this film. I'd never heard of it. Bets not to mention of the brutality of the Italians in Abyasinia...

Where's 2 part ?

@francescobruno4808

11 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/haBmupOSY8Sbo6g.html

I thought he was Nicolas Cage.

The Italian version can be found at:kzread.info/dash/bejne/i619l5SYdqi_l7w.html