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Aces High

  • 1976
  • PG
  • 1h 54min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.6/10
3.4 k
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John Gielgud, Malcolm McDowell, Ray Milland, Christopher Plummer, Trevor Howard, Peter Firth, Richard Johnson, and Simon Ward in Aces High (1976)
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En la Primera Guerra Mundial, al alto número de pilotos novatos en la aviación pone bajo presión a los supervivientes.En la Primera Guerra Mundial, al alto número de pilotos novatos en la aviación pone bajo presión a los supervivientes.En la Primera Guerra Mundial, al alto número de pilotos novatos en la aviación pone bajo presión a los supervivientes.

  • Dirección
    • Jack Gold
  • Guionistas
    • Howard Barker
    • R.C. Sherriff
    • Cecil Lewis
  • Elenco
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Simon Ward
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.6/10
    3.4 k
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    • Dirección
      • Jack Gold
    • Guionistas
      • Howard Barker
      • R.C. Sherriff
      • Cecil Lewis
    • Elenco
      • Malcolm McDowell
      • Christopher Plummer
      • Simon Ward
    • 48Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 22Opiniones de los críticos
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    • Nominada a1 premio BAFTA
      • 1 premio ganado y 2 nominaciones en total

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    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Gresham
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Sinclair
    Simon Ward
    Simon Ward
    • Crawford
    Peter Firth
    Peter Firth
    • Croft
    David Wood
    David Wood
    • Thompson
    John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    • Headmaster
    Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard
    • Silkin
    Richard Johnson
    Richard Johnson
    • Colonel Lyle
    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Brigadier Whale
    Christopher Blake
    Christopher Blake
    • Roberts
    Gilles Béhat
    • Beckenauer
    • (as Gilles Behat)
    Elliott Cooper
    • Wade
    David Daker
    David Daker
    • Bennett
    Barry Jackson
    Barry Jackson
    • Joyce
    Jacques Maury
    Jacques Maury
    • Ponnelle
    Ron Pember
    • Eliot
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Stoppard
    Jeanne Patou
    • French Singer
    • Dirección
      • Jack Gold
    • Guionistas
      • Howard Barker
      • R.C. Sherriff
      • Cecil Lewis
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    10afison

    I saw this with my grandfather

    I remember seeing this movie with my grandfather when it came out. My Grandfather was an observer in the RFC during WWI and so had real life views on what the movie was portraying.

    I found the movie fascinating and well made, albeit rather sad, but my opinion paled against that of my grandfather. He never spoke too much about that time, but he did comment on how well the movie was made and how it fairly accurately summed up the feelings of the day, the high mortality, the bravery and the terrible mental burden it put on the combatants.

    He was shot down 90 years ago over St Julien in France but survived to have a full and fruitful life. Yes i know some purists are mentioning the inaccuracy of some of the planes but to him it did not matter as the story of young human life was more relevant. I would advise anyone to see this movie to remind themselves of the great risks and sacrifices these young men took, he was 22 when he was shot down but many were much younger.

    a great reminder of the risks taken by many young men who should have been enjoying life at that time. We should never forget them nor allow the lessons learned to fade away
    7JoeytheBrit

    Nothing Groundbreaking (Apart from the crash-landings)

    A quiet sense of detachment hangs over the little airfield in the heart of the French countryside where this drama is played out. In the opening scenes, as the ridiculously young Lieutenant played by Peter Firth arrives, there is much talk of tea and biscuits, and everything seems very civilised. But under the serene surface there are a mass of tics and twitches, the causes of which are subdued by forced gaiety and too much alcohol.

    Firth hero-worships McDowell's youthful commander – who just happens to be his sister's sweetheart – but McDowell is a tarnished hero. His psychological flaws are emphasised in the opening scenes in which we seem him toying with a German pilot whose plane has crash-landed before scything him down in a hail of bullets from his plane. McDowell needs a drink just to climb into the cockpit (while another ace, played by Simon Ward, feigns neuralgia to escape the terrors of aerial combat) and is haunted by a loneliness borne of the repetitive chore of writing letters of condolence to the families of the teenage fighter pilots who are shot down under his command.

    There's nothing particularly groundbreaking in Jack Gold's WWI saga, but it is all professionally staged and acted with some crisply edited aerial sequences. All the situations are familiar, and the film must have seemed a little dated when it was released (around the same time as Star Wars), but there's a reassuring Britishness about it all. Despite the reasonably graphic depiction of the terrible psychological consequences of regularly flying towards one possible death, the film is still something of a throwback to the likes of Hollywood's The Dawn Patrol. Only here, the line between the good guys and the bad guys is blurred, and opposing pilots aren't so blinded by national duty that they can't appreciate and acknowledge the professionalism and spirit of their rivals when the opportunity arises. The ending is inevitable – the cycle continues – and elements of the story belie the age of its source material, but Aces High still delivers a quality film experience.
    8frankiehudson

    Excellent

    This is an excellent film about WWI Royal Flying Corps and their fights against the Germans over the trenches.

    Fantastic cast - McDowell, Trevor Howard, Peter Firth, Simon Ward and Christopher Plummer - they are all some of the best in the business at portraying English upper classes. Especially the mean McDowell (with his ironic speech at Eton 'we are caning them' when they're not really) and the callow Peter Firth, all Boys Own enthusiasm.

    Shows the pious nature of the English elite, with John Gielgud as the headmaster spouting out empty platitudes about decency and 'playing the game' while, meanwhile, McDowell is playing dirty tricks on German pilots (the scene where he gets his opponent to land in the field and then destroys him as he walks towards his plane to offer help).

    Fantastic aerial shots.
    10tiomingo

    "A sad story brilliantly told"

    I remember "Aces High" when it was released in Argentina (1977. Since then I had the opportunity of watching it twice on video. For me is an excellent example that you still can produce a great film even if the subject (WWI) has been treated dozens of times. Although I have not read "Journey's End" I did read many factual accounts of the air war on the Western Front during WWI and the spirit of those terrible years has been faithfully re-created. Malcom McDowell proves, once a again, what an excellent actor he is and the rest of the cast is as good as him.

    The character played by Simon Ward, is one of the most moving and important within the film. This was brought to my attention last year when, watching a documentary about the Battle of Britain, I saw a former Hurricane pilot telling how depressed he was by the terribly high casualty-rate that he decided to stop making friends,since more likely they shall be dead within a fortnight. With this in mind Simon Ward's performance has deeper meaning. It is not only that he is haunted by the idea of his inevitable death, he doesn't want to make friends because he has lost too many.

    The scene where Malcom McDowell throws a party to celebrate the arrival of "his" prisoner (the German pilot)would seem strange if not ridiculous to those who do not have a certain knowledge of the mentality of the European aristocracy, who formed the backbone of the officer-class in those days. According to them war was a gentlemanly affair were certain principles should be observed; one of them was the corteous treatment of prisoners (as long as they belong the same class)particularly if they had fought bravely. The concept was already an anachronism in 1914 where the colossal scale of the slaughter and its horrendous impersonality made the illusion of "the noble duel" obsolete if not ridiculous BUT, there was the aeroplane, a chance to move the clock back to the days of aristocratic man-to-man fights, a chance to escape the modern, faceless and industrialized murder of trench warfare. That's why WWI fighter pilots (all of them gentlemen in the truest sense of the word) behaved in that way. This film is also a very sad reminder of the destruction of a whole world that, with all its defects, had some very valuable principles. Principles that nowadays most of people would laugh at, which is also very sad.
    6ma-cortes

    WWI drama with all-star cast , memorable acting and rousing aerial scenes spectacularly staged

    Interesting War drama taken from British point of view . Spectacular and colorful WWI airplane movie with an enjoyable casting and breathtaking aerial battles . Splendid aerial scenes stunningly staged , being wonderfully photographed by Gerry Fisher and adequate musical score by Richard Hartley are the chief assets of this enjoyable film . In WW1 the high casualty rate among the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors . Pilots shooting down enemy planes but also suffering a lot of war losses . They carry out attacks on balloons that were extremely dangerous because machine guns and antiaircraft guns formed a protective circle beneath the balloons . Therefore pilots dived at a steep angle when they attacked , they did not attack horizontally . High above the trenches 14 days is a long life...This is the 15th day!

    Spectacular dogfighting , interesting dramatics , overwhelming scenarios , top-drawer cast , agreeable interpretations bring to life attractive roles though tend toward cliché . Nice aerial sequences directed by Derek Cracknell but drama on the ground does a little boring . R.C. Sheriff's classic play about life in the trenches was reworked as a drama of fliers in the Royal Flying Corps by screen-writer Howard Barker . As the setting is transplanted from the trenches to an airfield , but most of the characters and some incidents are almost unchanged . Big-budget extended feats produced by Benjamin Fisz about unfortunate pilots undergoing risked feats on air . The main excitement results to be the grandiose spectacle of the planes , as on the ground roar rather less . Pretty good aerial flick full of thought-provoking issues , drama , fantastic cloudy scenes and spectacular dogfighting . The scene with the balloon observer jumping out with a parachute is reused footage from Blue Max (1966) by John Guillermin . Peter Firth shows professionalism as a crack fighter pilot , he plays a naive youth assigned to dangerous missions . Malcolm McDowell gives a restrained and intelligent acting as a veteran pilot . Top-notch support cast gives excellent performances as Christopher Plummer , Richard Johnson , Ray Milland , John Gielgud , Simon Ward , Trevor Howard and first cinema feature of Tim Pigott-Smith . Adequate photography by Gerry Fisher , though a perfect remastering being necessary . It was filmed at North Weald airfield, in Essex , a hangar that was built for the film was later used for sets of television .

    The motion picture was professionally directed by Jack Gold . He was born in London and is a prestigious director and producer , known for Bofors guns (1968) , The Reckoning (1970) , Man Friday (1975) , The Medusa touch (1978) , The Chain (1984) , Escape from Sobibor (1987), and Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998) . ¨Aces high¨ is a rehash of the former airplane movie clichés in which the splendid casting stands out . Rating : nice and entertaining , it's a fairly watchable and breathtaking film and results to be a good treatment of WWI flying aces .

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    • Trivia
      This movie is an adaptation of the play "Journey's End" by R.C. Sherriff, written just after World War I. The setting is transplanted from the trenches to an airfield, but most of the characters and some incidents are almost unchanged.
    • Errores
      Sinclair informs Croft that Gresham uses a Nieuport "that he swears by", but every time we see Gresham aloft he is flying an SE5 like the rest of the squadron.
    • Citas

      Mess Corporal Bennett: [as the pilots set off early in the morning on a dangerous mission] How many for breakfast? Any of them?

    • Créditos curiosos
      Opening credits prologue: England October 1916
    • Versiones alternativas
      Some DVD releases feature a shorter print which reduces the French restaurant scene and misses out shots of the officers looking at a slideshow of nude photographs. These appear to have been made by the distributor, as the film has never been cut by the BBFC.
    • Conexiones
      Edited into Blackadder Goes Forth: Private Plane (1989)
    • Bandas sonoras
      Under the Bridges of Paris
      (Sous les Ponts de Paris)

      (uncredited)

      Music by Vincent Scotto

      French lyrics by Jean Rodor

      English lyrics by Dorcas Cochran

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 18 de mayo de 1976 (Reino Unido)
    • Países de origen
      • Reino Unido
      • Francia
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Francés
      • Alemán
    • También se conoce como
      • Schlacht in den Wolken
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
    • Productoras
      • S. Benjamin Fisz Productions
      • Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
      • Cine Artists Pictures
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      • 1h 54min(114 min)
    • Color
      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.66 : 1

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