Saints and Soldiers

Saints and Soldiers
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Directed by	Ryan Little
Produced by	Adam Abel Ryan Little
Written by	Matt Whitaker
Screenplay by	Geoffrey Panos
Story by	Geoffrey Panos
Starring	Corbin Allred Alexander Niver Kirby Heyborne Lawrence Bagby Peter Asle Holden
Music by	J Bateman Bart Hendrickson
Cinematography	Ryan Little
Edited by	Wynn Hougaard
Distributed by	Excel Entertainment Group
Release date	2003
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English German
Budget	$780,005
Box office	$1,310,470 (USA)

Saints and Soldiers is a 2003 faith-themed war drama film directed by Ryan Little and starring Corbin Allred, Alexander Niver, Kirby Heyborne, Lawrence Bagby, and Peter Asle Holden. It is loosely based on events that took place after the Malmedy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge, where four U.S. soldiers and a downed British airman need to reach Allied lines to pass on some vital intelligence. The film received mostly positive reviews. It was followed by Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed and Saints and Soldiers: The Void.

The film begins with the Malmedy massacre and the escape of American soldiers from their German captors. During the escape, Corporal 'Deacon' Greer (Corbin Allred) manages to disarm a German soldier but does not shoot him - even at the insistence of medic Gould (Alexander Niver).

Gould and Deacon are joined by two other survivors, Kendrick (Larry Bagby) and Sergeant Gunderson (Peter Asle Holden). Gunderson explains it would be better to hide out until the Allies retake the area and the four hide out in an abandoned building. When a German patrol comes along, the soldiers hide under the floor. While there Deacon loosely translates a German message about a downed plane in the area. Leaving after the Germans, the Americans find British pilot Flight Sergeant Oberon Winley (Kirby Heyborne).

Winley explains he has important intelligence photographs he has to get back to the Allies and the group decide to try and reach the Allied lines some 20 miles away. While on point, Deacon has a hallucination and breaks down. Gunderson explains that Deacon had inadvertently, when clearing a building during street fighting, killed two women and six children recently. Gould begins to criticize Deacon for not shooting the German and for being religious. Deacon offers him his Bible, which Gould refuses. Deacon says that Gould is asking too many questions for someone who is not interested in faith.