Reply to: Broadsword calling Danny Boy...

[Spartacus]

Yeah I thought the german 'copters of that era were more like gyro's though

You can see some pics of the main German helicopters of the era here. Some of them look a bit gyro-like but they all had powered rotors.

[Troll]

That helicopter entered production in 1947, so it is not as anachronistic as you might think. Both Germans and the allies had helicopters during the war but didn't use them in combat roles.

Yeah I thought the german 'copters of that era were more like gyro's though

[Spartacus]

If memory serves, wasn't there a 1960's era heliocopter featured in what was meant to be a 1940's film?

That helicopter entered production in 1947, so it is not as anachronistic as you might think. Both Germans and the allies had helicopters during the war but didn't use them in combat roles.

[Troll]

If memory serves, wasn't there a 1960's era heliocopter featured in what was meant to be a 1940's film?

[wendigo100]

Hear hear!

Herr herr!

[Spartacus]

Changing some of the names as he went... very odd...

Maybe the production company got sued by someone?

[Spartacus]

All of the film was exactly the way I had imagined it when I read the book. This probably had something to do with the fact that Alistair Maclean did the screenplay for the film as well as writing the book.

And even more so because he wrote the screenplay first and then novelised it afterwards.

[KathyWoolfe]

Yup, I reckon I could practically find my way round Schloss Adler blindfolded.)

All of the film was exactly the way I had imagined it when I read the book. This probably had something to do with the fact that Alistair Maclean did the screenplay for the film as well as writing the book.

[KathyWoolfe]

And Derren Nesbit is particulary creepy in it.

Derren Nesbit was always creepy.

[DBA_bloke]

Never mind that, are Ingrid Pitt's tits anachronistic or in keeping with the fashions of the time?

They are timeless and phew! What a scorcher!

[Spartacus]

... not as surprising as Clint's distinctly anachronistic hair style!

Never mind that, are Ingrid Pitt's tits anachronistic or in keeping with the fashions of the time?

[DBA_bloke]

No matter how many times I watch that film (must be a good dozen viewings by now) I'm always surprised when Colonel Turner is revealed as the villain.

... not as surprising as Clint's distinctly anachronistic hair style!

[Spartacus]

No matter how many times I watch that film (must be a good dozen viewings by now) I'm always surprised when Colonel Turner is revealed as the villain.

[DBA_bloke]

Burton's finest performance.

And Derren Nesbit is particulary creepy in it.

[OwlHoot]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy...

It was on 5 again yesterday...

And was released in 1969... feck I feel old.

Yup, I reckon I could practically find my way round Schloss Adler blindfolded.

The curious thing is when I was contracting in Germany about five years ago those WW2 films were on all the time, and the Germans seem to love them.

(I used that call sign to test my new phone when they were installing Skype at a client site a couple of years ago, and the other young pups seemed totally mystified and must have thought I was a right nutter. )