Review of Sergeant York (1941) by Zoran S — 27 May 2012
Sergeant York is a movie that I have always like and appreciated. York is the most decorated soldier in WWI, after filing to be exempted from the draft based on religious beliefs against war.
If you have read anything by the real Alvin C York, you will know that he talks just like the York in the movie does. It is based off of York's personal diary, but does have many fictional components, as one would expect. But if you read about the actual account of the battle he is famous for most of what you see in the movie appears fairly true to what happened....the only part I haven't been able to confirm is capturing the second round of Germans after taking capturing the Germans from taking out the initial hill with all of the machine gun nests. York leads the small group of 7 soldiers that make it across enemy lines and captures 132 German soldiers.
I told my 10 year old son about Sergeant York and when it was on this Memorial Day, we watched it together and it kept the his attention through the movie.
This review of Sergeant York (1941) was written by Zoran S on 27 May 2012.
Sergeant York has generally received very positive reviews.
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