Review of Battle of the Bulge (1965) by Tracey C — 13 Jun 2011

The much earlier film BATTLEGROUND (1949) for my money was a MUCH better film about the Battle of the Bulge. This film differs in that it focuses less on the common soldier and features some bigger stars.

BUT, as I learned a long time back, having many big stars in a film doesn't usually improve the picture. On top of that, the film looks like a 1960s war film with color photography (a minus I think--the cold soldiers in BATTLEGROUND just looked more realistic) and completely wrong equipment (while the Sherman tanks were accurate looking, the TIGERS and other German tanks were actually MUCH later tanks from the 1950s-60s).

There are worse war pictures, but this uninspired film is ultimately forgettable.