Alerte sur le Vaillant

Titre original : The Valiant

1962
1h 30m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDuring World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.During World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.During World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.

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6/10

Solid WWII British film

I have long admired Roy Ward Baker's uncluttered directing style. THE VALIANT presents further evidence thereof. He makes the most of the rather claustrophobic atmosphere arising from filming within the confines of a British Navy vessel.

The acting, in particular by John Mills, Robert Shaw and Ettore Manni, is extremely believable, truly first rate.

The one aspect of the film that impressed me least - in fact even annoyed me - was the script. I realize that the film was probably made on the basis of some real incident in a Royal Navy vessel, but the same ideas are flogged to death, the Britis trying to find out where the limpet mine was placed and when it would explode, and the Italian POWs refusing to give that info.

Mills (playing Capt Morgan) delivers solidly as ship skipper trying to save the vessel and the human lives on it, but his determination to keep a wounded Italian away from hospital treatment so that he too would feel the bomb threat detracts from the sympathy that someone in his position would normally attract.

Anyway, it is worth watching. 6/10.

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Anecdotes
After the capitulation of Italy, de la Penne went to fight on the British side of the underwater war. When, in March 1945, he was being presented with the Italian equivalent of the VC for his role in the attack on the "Valiant", Captain (by then Admiral) Morgan was present at the ceremony, and he pinned the medal onto the man who had once been his enemy.

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In the film, the Italians are seen to be given away by the bubbles rising from their breathing apparatus; during the war, the Italian frogmen used pure oxygen 'pendulum' breathing sets, in which exhaled gas is returned to the tank via a carbon dioxide filter, rather than the compressed-air apparatus used in peacetime - precisely in order to avoid the problem of a tell-tale string of bubbles.