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To echo other reviewers, this series recalls both the thirties "madcap" comedies and the cerebral Tracy/Hepburn collaborations. Lewis, criticized as a Woody Allen imitator, pulls away from that allegation/limitiation and holds his own opposite Curtis, a boss of the production. It's been a long time and it's difficult for me to recall specifics, but this one needs to be unearthed - look at all the crud that's made it to DVD already!

Similar productions that come to mind would be the British series "Solo" (with Felicity Kendal). There's also the suggestion of an updated and more grownup "Georgy Girl" - but more upbeat (no gross hospital scenes)...

Whoopsie.

I stand corrected; the title here is indeed the part II title for the original release in WW2 Italy, not a later, alternate, earlier or renamed title. Other facts are accurate to the best of my current knowledge.

Although still pretty expensive (still at this writing about twice the price of, say, "Ayn Rand: A Sense Of Life"), and not to my knowledge released in DVD yet, it's still a great buy. This film is, in addition to its unique specifics, an artifact of what I judge the superior artistic sensibility of an earlier, more civilized time. Obtain and enjoy!

and probably on a par with the "Miniver" pictures. Covers not only the Supermarine/Merlin work but the glider designs that the Germans used for airframe research before openly dumping the Versailles treaty.

(Note: I don't use the term "propaganda" in a demeaning sense here; it's just that I consider any ideological product that gets government backing to be propaganda, and this work fits the definition.)

Fine acting, acceptable plot movement for what is considered now a melodramatic period, historic moment - this film deserves multiple viewings.