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La via della gloria

Titolo originale: The Way Ahead
  • 1944
  • Approved
  • 1h 55min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,9/10
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David Niven, Leslie Dwyer, Jimmy Hanley, William Hartnell, Stanley Holloway, Mary Jerrold, John Laurie, and Tessie O'Shea in La via della gloria (1944)
World War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaWorld War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.World War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.World War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.

  • Regia
    • Carol Reed
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Eric Ambler
    • Peter Ustinov
    • David Niven
  • Star
    • David Niven
    • Stanley Holloway
    • James Donald
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,9/10
    2376
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Carol Reed
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Eric Ambler
      • Peter Ustinov
      • David Niven
    • Star
      • David Niven
      • Stanley Holloway
      • James Donald
    • 44Recensioni degli utenti
    • 13Recensioni della critica
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    David Niven
    David Niven
    • Lt. Jim Perry
    Stanley Holloway
    Stanley Holloway
    • Pte. Ted Brewer
    James Donald
    James Donald
    • Pte. Evan Lloyd
    John Laurie
    John Laurie
    • Pte. Luke
    Leslie Dwyer
    Leslie Dwyer
    • Pte. Sid Beck
    Hugh Burden
    Hugh Burden
    • Pte. Bill Parsons
    • (as Hugh Burdon)
    Jimmy Hanley
    Jimmy Hanley
    • Pte. Geoffrey Stainer
    • (as Jimmie Hanley)
    William Hartnell
    William Hartnell
    • Sgt. Ned Fletcher
    • (as Billy Hartnell)
    Reginald Tate
    Reginald Tate
    • The Training Company Commanding Officer
    Leo Genn
    Leo Genn
    • Capt. Edwards
    John Ruddock
    • Chelsea Pensioner
    A. Bromley Davenport
    • Chelsea Pensioner
    • (as Bromley Davenport)
    Renée Asherson
    Renée Asherson
    • Marjorie Gillingham
    • (as Renee Ascherson)
    Mary Jerrold
    Mary Jerrold
    • Mrs. Gillingham
    Tessie O'Shea
    Tessie O'Shea
    • Self - ENSA Entertainer
    Raymond Lovell
    • Mr. Jackson - Garage Owner
    A.E. Matthews
    A.E. Matthews
    • Col. Walmsley
    Jack Watling
    Jack Watling
    • Buster - Marjorie's Boyfriend
    • Regia
      • Carol Reed
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Eric Ambler
      • Peter Ustinov
      • David Niven
    • Tutti gli interpreti e le troupe
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    8ubercommando

    Best war movie made in the 2nd World War

    I really can't understand some of the more negative comments from some reviewers from the USA about this movie. For me, it is far superior to equivalent American wartime propaganda movies (including enjoyable but hardly realistic efforts such as 7 Graves To Cairo and Sahara), and made and acted by a British cast who were serving servicemen as well (unlike a certain J. Wayne or H. Bogart). Carol Reed gives us on the surface a cliche ridden movie but his gritty visual style which would become his trademark plus a script that still gives depth to a by now familiar concept lift this way above other movies made at the time.

    The soldiers don't look pristine and for most of the time, don't act heroically until the last 5 minutes. They're not an elite unit (as in Sands of Iwo Jima), they grumble, complain and stagger their way to the front lines but nor are they goofballs, pranksters or loveable rogues. They are ordinary men in difficult times, which was what the film makers wanted to show. They are not all broad stereotypes either; some, like the characters Davenport or Brewer, may on the surface seem like the upper class toff and the cheeky cockney but again, the way they interplay with the rest of the cast, they become more than just representatives of their class.

    For an old war movie, I was impressed with the action. Early on, when the two old soldiers are talking about how much better it was in the army in their day, we get a juxtaposed montage of David Niven in training, showing how hard it is. A lot of the burning troop ship shots are done hand held, which adds to the tension. The Tunisia scenes look very authentic and see how Reed indulges in rapid cutting, disorienting explosions and run down and dirty art direction. The only film that comes close to achieving this kind of grittiness in the war years is "Guadalcanal Diary".
    7sol-kay

    Jerrie's attacked and broken through our front lines!

    (Minor Spoilers) One of the very best war movies to be made while WWII was still in progress with almost no hint of propaganda and false or movie-like heroism on the part of the good guys a squad,not battalion, of British Tommies in the North African desert. Released in London on June 6, 1944 D-Day, the film was released in the USA a year later as "The Immortal Battalion, "The Way Ahead" couldn't have come at a better time with the Allies and Nazis in a life and death struggle on the beaches of Normandy.

    The movie starts off with a number of British recruits well into their 20's or even early 30's getting the hang of military life which at first they greatly, like their first sergeant Ned Fletcher(William Hertwell), dislike. As the trooper are whipped into shape by the though as nails Sgt. Fletcher and their commanding officer the soft spoken Let. Jim Perry, Davd Niven, their slated to sail to French North Africa to participate in the invasion, in Operation Torch, of Vichy France's colonies Algeria and Tunisia. As things turn out the troop ship that their in gets struck by a German U-boat torpedo and sinks, with half the battalion lost, in the Mediterranean Sea.

    With Let.Perry's unite now reduced to company size it's sent to Gibraltar for what seems like the remainder of the war. It's not until the battle of El Alamein starts to turn against the British Eight Army that Let. Perry's men are immediately sent to the front lines to stop the German Afrika's Corps advance. We , as well as Perry's men, finally get to see action as Let. Perry's men are outflanked and cut off by the advancing German troops as the battle of El Alamein rages on behind their backs.

    Fghting for their very lives and almost out of ammunition the trapped and outnumbered British troops at the end of the movie tack on their bayonets and walk out of the safety of their barricaded and fixed position, the Rispoli Café, to confront the heavily armed Germans. And at the same time walk into the pages of history in both courage and valor under fire.

    You just can't keep from holding back your tears in watching the movie knowing that almost all the cast will eventually end up killed or captured. The movie both didn't overemphasize the British Troops as well as downplay Rommell's Africa Corps. Both parties came across equally brave and effective in the fighting that takes pace in the film. Which is very rare in war movies were one side, the one who makes the film, is shown vastly superior morally as well as militarily over the other: The one that the side who made the movie is at war with.

    P.S Look for both Actor Peter Ustinov as café owner Rispoli and Trevor Howard as the troop ships, that goes under the waves, officer in the movie.
    8bkoganbing

    The Kind of Men Democracies Produce

    The version of The Way Ahead that I have is one that was edited for the American market and has a narration by US war correspondent Quentin Reynolds. It was his narration that sets the stage for a wartime tribute to the civilians who volunteered for king and country at a time of their nation's greatest peril.

    When war in Europe was declared David Niven was one of the British stars in America that went back to serve. Since he had been in the army before taking up acting, he was able to secure a commission. For a good deal of the war he was a training officer and really was drilling the men as we see on Salisbury plain. Some of his time was spent in the commandos in missions to Europe. And he was released to make wartime films Spitfire and The Way Ahead.

    The script was written by a 21 year old actor/playwright named Peter Ustinov who has a small role in the film. According to a new biography of Niven in order to secure Ustinov's service, enlisted man Ustinov was attached to officer Niven as his orderly.

    A whole lot of faces familiar in the British cinema appeared in The Way Ahead, people like Stanley Holloway, Jimmy Hanley, James Donald, Leo Genn, and Trevor Howard. And it was directed in good style by Carol Reed, one of his earliest films.

    One big flaw in the film was that the men who trained with officer Niven and sergeant William Hartnell ended up serving with him in North Africa. Not possible in America and not possible in the UK either. But since the idea was to show camaraderie, I guess that Two Cities Films can be forgiven.

    The point of the film and of Quentin Reynolds narration is that in time of peril it is the democracies and not those totalitarian countries with a superman philosophy who have the real strength of character. May it ever be so.
    c15ta

    An Excellent and Unusual British Wartime Picture

    THE WAY AHEAD is to some extent a cliche-driven movie, but given the timeframe of its production, I feel it portrays very well the mindset of the ordinary citizen of a country under extreme duress, as well as the tribulations of the many regiments being reconstituted as the war progressed seemingly forever. While it is difficult for us to imagine what it must have been like to live under the constant spectre of loss and possible defeat, even some understanding of the way things were for the British in 1944 will permit a casual viewer of THE WAY AHEAD to appreciate its positive message and the call-to-duty which it implies.

    When compared against many of the similar American WW2 'propaganda' films, THE WAY AHEAD comes across as a down-to-earth story which I'm sure many could identify with at the time. For us, the 21st-century viewer, this movie is a welcome glimpse of the British perspective back then, unique in both plot and characterization compared to the more common U.S. fare of the period. In addition, it provides the enthusiast with dozens of rare snapshots of the use of unique British Commonwealth WW2 equipment.
    8hedgehog-10

    Well scripted and directed film of the time.

    A film that despite being made in 1944, avoids sterotyping British Characters. A story about a group of people, from various civilian jobs, who receive their call-up papers. It shows them progressing through their training and entering action in North Africa.

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    • Quiz
      In the U.K., this was released on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
    • Blooper
      Following some energetic army training, Private Bill Parsons is seen sitting on the grass at the top of a cliff, with his colleagues, exhausted. However, the action then cuts to him being helped up the cliff.
    • Citazioni

      Pvt. Ted Brewer: Only one good man ever got into Parliament.

      Pvt. Herbert Davenport: Oh really? Who?

      Pvt. Ted Brewer: Bleedin' Guy Fawkes.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      The film ends with THE BEGINNING
    • Versioni alternative
      The version seen on American TV under the alternate title "The Immortal Battalion" has been re-edited and extensively cut (from 115 to 91 or 86 minutes) by Ed Fitz with an added preface and epilogue by war correspondent Quentin Reynolds.
    • Connessioni
      Edited into WW II Theater: The Way Ahead (2022)
    • Colonne sonore
      If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)
      (uncredited)

      Written by Nat Ayer

      Lyrics by Clifford Grey

      Performed by Tessie O'Shea and soldiers

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    • Data di uscita
      • 15 gennaio 1945 (Svezia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Regno Unito
    • Lingue
      • Inglese
      • Francese
      • Tedesco
    • Celebre anche come
      • The Way Ahead
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Pirbright Army Camp, Pirbright, Surrey, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Two Cities Films
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    Specifiche tecniche

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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 55min(115 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.37 : 1

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