The Victors (film)
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| Directed by | Carl Foreman |
| Produced by | Carl Foreman |
| Written by | Written for the screen by Carl Foreman From the novel The Human Kind by Alexander Baron |
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Vincent Edwards Albert Finney George Hamilton Melina Mercouri Jeanne Moreau George Peppard Maurice Ronet Rosanna Schiaffino Romy Schneider Elke Sommer Eli Wallach and Michael Callan |
| Music by | Composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis B.S.C. |
| Edited by | Alan Osbiston |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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175 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,350,000 (US/ Canada) |
The Victors is a 1963 Anglo-American war film written, produced and directed by Carl Foreman, whose name on the film's posters was accompanied by nearby text, "from the man who fired The Guns of Navarone". Shot on location in Western Europe and Britain, The Victors features an all-star cast, with fifteen American and European leading players, including six actresses (Melina Mercouri from Greece, Jeanne Moreau from France, Rosanna Schiaffino from Italy, Romy Schneider and Senta Berger from Austria as well as Elke Sommer from West Germany) whose photographs appear on the posters. One of the posters carries the tagline, "The six most exciting women in the world… in the most explosive entertainment ever made!".
The film follows a group of American soldiers through Europe during the Second World War, from Britain in 1942, through the fierce fighting in Italy and France, to the uneasy peace of Berlin. Production of the story's action meant filming scenes that took place in Sweden, France, Italy and England.
It is adapted from a collection of short stories called The Human Kind by English author Alexander Baron, based upon his own wartime experiences. In the film the British characters of the original book were changed into Americans in order to attract American audiences.
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