How the Allies Won the Second World War - 5...-10...-50... This interesting, colorful and expensive Anglo-American film (produced by United Artists, "daughter" of the great "MGM"), like many similar to it and shot in the late 50s and 60s of the last century, that is, in the midst of the Cold War, had its main political goal (just don't tell me that it is not obvious here - everything is sewn with white threads!) to convince the Western (and not only!) audience that it was the allies who won the Second World War, and not the Bolshevik "Evil Empire" of the USSR (#34, yes, then they were allies). To succeed in this candid film propaganda, it was only necessary to inflate to the size of the airship own (really took place, but not so significant for the course of the war) fighting and victories, and about the fighting and much more significant victories of the Red Army do not mention, at best, at a secular reception over a glass of free champagne.
More specifically, the example of our film. 1942. Malta. A special task for an advanced and influential commander of torpedo boats is to conduct a large and cunning sabotage, if possible without “soaking” the white kitten and shorts, in which all British “navies” flaunt on the beach at a military base (and for some reason I imagined what the Soviet soldiers were “fooling” at that time, repulsing a terrible blow by German troops at Stalingad...). Naturally, the diversion was successful (otherwise there would have been no film), and all decently fought I’shortiki still soaked, including blood. This is not a global battle, but a little-known one. But even on our eastern front there were “fights of local significance”, one of which is narrated by our great film. The dawns are quiet. Don’t compare it to the Devil Boats, just remember it or watch it! Like the serial feature film The Secret Fairway, since torpedo boats and their commanders work, by the way, in many ways in similar conditions and with similar combat missions. And from the notorious "Kholodnovoin" "series" you can, in order of acquaintance, watch the English film "Those who dare" (1954, almost the same time of action), and at the same time my similar review at the Kinopoisk. And I do not in any way detract from the artistic merits of the "Devil's Boats", and they are quite high. Just... how can I tell you... probably, after all, we had different wars with our allies...
5 out of 10