Is Paris Burning?

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Dennis K. @dragonintherain Jun 3, 2026 Excellent and (for me) moving. We always celebrate military people who fight for freedom... But this is about mostly the citizen fighters. Thank God the German General in charge was somewhat sane and didn't as Hitler commanded, destroy Paris. Fanfare for the common Man. See more Steve D @RT35616104 Jul 27, 2023 Too long and all over the place but not without its successes. See more Jan 30, 2021 A messy clash of styles, badly dubbed and a glorified view of the liberation of Paris. See more Oct 22, 2015 I actually didn't think it was "trying to be epic". It was pretty simple and realistic to me. I assume because of the book the movie is very technical, but I liked it. Another side, another cinematic history lesson. Great actors. Good movie. One thing though. If you buy the DVD, look for the original one. I got a dubbed one and it totally ruins the mood for me. There's no passion, no emotions when it's dubbed. I can read dammit. Why force the dubbed version? Hope you can find the original somewhere. See more Feb 3, 2015 This probably works better if you were raised knowing exactly what happened here. I read the book this was based on years ago and I had trouble following it. That's largely because there's no real narrative behind it, just a series of events happening at once. The closest thing to a central arc is Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger)'s Choltitz and his gradual decision to disobey Hitler's orders and not burn Paris. This could have been focused on more or they could have given the resistance fighters more of an individual focus. The last half of the film is especially odd since it features a long march into Paris which doesn't feature much fighting in the end. Mostly they get there and party. Which is exactly what I'd do, but it doesn't make for exciting cinema. Some of the large scale scenes in Paris were impressive though, and unlike anything I've seen before. They also have a few bizarre casting choices, such as Kirk Douglas for General Patton. When they revealed who he was supposed to be I couldn't help laughing. See more Apr 23, 2014 not so much WWII pic post WWII See more Read all reviews

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