Tout près de Satan

Original title: Ten Seconds to Hell

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After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.

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Jack Palance

Eric Koertner

Jeff Chandler

Karl Wirtz

Martine Carol

Margot Hofer

Robert Cornthwaite

Franz Loeffler

Dave Willock

Peter Tillig

Wesley Addy

Wolfgang Sulke
(as Wes Addy)

Jim Goodwin

Hans Globke
(as Jimmy Goodwin)

Virginia Baker

Frau Bauer

Richard Wattis

Maj. Haven

Nancy Lee

Ruth Sulke

Jim Hutton

Workman at Bomb Site
(uncredited)

Charles Nolte

Doctor
(uncredited)

Michael Pate

Narrator
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Aldrich
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Trivia
Gerhard Rabiger, a German bomb expert, was hired to instruct Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance in defusing techniques. Rabiger had defused as many as 20 bombs a day in Berlin just after the end of WWII. Even while this film was being made, bombs were still being discovered in Berlin at a rate of about two a week.

Quotes
Karl Wirtz: I guess it's still my bomb.

Connections
Referenced in La nuit est mon ennemie (1959)

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The dirty dozen in miniature.

Okay there 's only half-a-dozen in this movie and they are not dirty but there's a strong analogy between "ten seconds to hell" and the 1967 work: a group of men,going for broke ,bound to die one after the other. Jack Palance is impressive in a non-villain part,and his character displays tension,emotion and compassion.Jeff Chandler is also very effective .The defusing scenes have a near-documentary side which makes them very convincing .

The main flaw is Martine Carol's part :her character did not seem to appeal to Aldrich and her scenes come at the most awkward moment.This is the umpteenth story of the French girl who loved (and married) a German and now is looked upon as a traitor to her country.This is a man's story which leaves no place for women as "whatever happened to Baby Jane" is an Aldrich woman's film where men have nothing to do with.