Musical comedy, based on the story of the founding of the 'Splinters' concert party in France 1915, by soldiers serving in the British Army on the Western Front..
Is this movie worth your time today? Honestly, yes, but only if you have a soft spot for the weird, clunky transition period when movies were first learning how to talk. If you want a gritty, realistic war movie where everyone is miserable and covered in realistic mud, you are going to hate this. It’s basically a film...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jack Raymond
Malcolm St. Clair
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"Is this movie worth your time today? Honestly, yes, but only if you have a soft spot for the weird, clunky transition period when movies were first learning how to talk. If you want a gritty, realistic war movie where everyone is miserable and covered in realistic mud, you are going to hate this. It’s basically a filmed stage play about guys in dresses. The whole thing is based on a real concert party from 1915. These soldiers were actually out there in France, dodging shells and then putting ..."
George Baker
W.P. Lipscomb
United Kingdom
