Greater Victory

★★★★★ · Things to Consider · Kugelfang52 · 2023-12-29

This film is typical of kind of unity films produced during WWII. For comparison you might be interested in "Don't Be a Sucker" and "Americans All". In these films--as in this one--prejudice is typically depicted as "un-American" and a result of Nazi subversion. Never is the domestic origin of such prejudice investigated. Instead it is either caused or leveraged by the Nazis. Thus, removing the Nazi problem removes the prejudice problem. Additionally, Nazi prejudice--conjuring images of Nazi atrocities--is often generalized as a political tool for defeating opponents. It is not shown as a…

★★★★★ · Good idea gone comically bad · Steve Nordby · 2003-09-11

Two escaped Nazi's run into a blind man on a walk and steal his dog. They hitch a ride with an Italian-American politician and tour New York. They are surprised to hear a soapbax orator attack the government while the cops do nothing. A friendly New Yorker offers them a ride and drops them off with an "auf weidersehen" that goes by without comment. They arrive at the home of a sister-in-law to one of them, but when she discovers they were German soldiers, a halfway serious argument ensues. Some lines remind me of Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" take on stirring up fear and hatred…

★★★★★ · Escape rule #1: If you're a POW, stop telling everyone you meet. · dynayellow · 2003-09-24

A dandy little film that doesn't let trifles like "plausability" get in the way of being the best film on this site. Two Nazi POWs escape from an American prison and manage to run into a cross-section of good ol' America. A man who lost his sight in the war, but doesn't mind because now he's got Mitzi, the world's best guide dog, who knows not to run off with Nazis. After getting picked up by an Al Capone look-alike running for Sheriff, the duo wander around Central Park and listen to a crank rant about the gub'mint. Why isn't he being arrested? Obviously the police are in the pay of Moscow!…

★★★★ · Nazis! Christians! Jews! Oh My! · Spuzz · 2003-09-21

Pretty overwrought tale of Nazis on the loose and we must catch them! Two Germans who are prisoners of war, escape, and by ways that are not exactly clear, wind up in America. They wander around.. they meet up with a blind man. When the blind man cleverly discovers that they're Nazis ("Are you Nazis?") the nazis, realizing that they're cover is blown, steal the blind man's dog! Ooooh evil! They catch a ride into town to meet up with one of the man's relatives, who also is German, but not a Nazi, you understand? Anyways, after SHE realizes they're Nazis, she casually walks to the phone and…

★★★ · Simplistic when viewing today · ERD · 2006-03-19

In 1944, this film may have been a more effective plea for tolerance, but the script- when watching it now- is very unrealistic. People will help out eachg other in times of tragedy, but the problems of prejudice is still being worked out in our country today.