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Dave Colbourne


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peterw wrote:
I've always thought there was a script error in BoB.

The actor Barry Foster has command of the Polish squadron and utters the line "Silence in Polish."

I suspect that the script was written "Silence (in Polish)" meaning the word "Silence" was to be spoken in Polish and sub-titled accordingly.

At least the Germans in the film spoke German and not some silly accented English.

The film was also remarkable for the cooperation from veterans of both sides. Part of it was filmed at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, and they wouldn't be able to blow up a hangar now.

Peter


I doubt that, if it was an error, it would have made it to the finished film. Barry Foster was a very professional actor and I doubt if he would have made a mistake like that, let alone the director letting it get by. I've always thought that it was just Foster's character, frustrated at trying to communicate with his chatty Poles, losing it slightly.

Incidentally, has anyone noticed that there are different subtitles during the German dialogue. I watched the film on TV some months ago and noticed that they differed from other screenings. I particularly remember one scene with Goering, I remember his character saying something like "If we lose now we deserve to have our arses kicked." In the recent screening it was subtitled as "If we lose now we deserve to have our arses torn out!" I wonder which one was the correct translation.
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The Scorer


Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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Kiwi Sapper wrote:
The Scorer wrote:
rich wrote:
And Simon that "Aces High" march in the "Battle of Britain" is real good!


Is this the one that they play at the beginning of the film where the Luftwaffe pilots are driving along the beaches and see the invasion troops and ships massing?

If it is, I certainly agree that it's very teutonic ... but still very good, nevertheless. Smile


Er..............I am not sure which film you are talking about but it "may" be "The Battle of Btritain." True, in it, there are a couple of Luftwaffe pilots in a kubelwagon halted on route to somewhere by a seemingly never ending procession of invasion barges,( three barges run past many times). But in the BOB, the march of which we write, is the one played during the visit and inspection by the german general whilst driving up and down the impressive line up on a grass aerodome of the Luftwaffe's He 111's (read repainted Spanish airforce)


Yes, it is the BoB, but I may be mistaken about the scene - I think you're right and I'm wrong.

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Simon Rosbottom


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Well, in four days, I've managed to see

Brief Encounter
The Man who would be King
A Matter of Life and Death
The Colditz Story

They don't make 'em like they used to.

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rich


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Probably since those were different times!
I saw a nice Ealing Studio film last night... The Lavender Hill Mob....boy that was a good one..a classic!

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Julian whybra


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All those and Kes, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Ladykillers, The Cruel Sea, The Third Man, Scott of the Antarctic, Odd Man Out, Five Fingers, Dead of Night, The Fallen Idol and some really old ones - Waterloo Bridge and Random Harvest - i feel a tear coming on already.
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