Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Film / TheVictors

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* WarIsHell: The whole point of the movie. Carl Foreman called the film it a "personal statement" about the futility of war. Both victor and vanquished are losers.

to:

* WarIsHell: The whole point of the movie. Carl Foreman called the film it a "personal statement" about the futility of war. Both victor and vanquished are losers.

Removed: 74

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Definition only


* PantyShot: The Radio City girls trying out the Marines' obstacle course.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_198.jpeg]]

''The Victors'' is a 1963 film written and directed by Carl Foreman and boasting an AllStarCast, including Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/PeterFonda, Creator/GeorgeHamilton, Creator/JeanneMoreau, Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/RomySchneider, Creator/ElkeSommer, and Creator/EliWallach. It's based on a series of short stories called "The Human Kind" by Alexander Baron.

Set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the film follows a group of soldiers led by Sgt. Joe R. Craig (Wallach) marching around Europe, encountering various women along the way. It follows each of the soldiers and their relationships with these women while showing a strong anti-war message.

to:

[[quoteright:300:https://static.[[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_198.jpeg]]

''The Victors'' is a 1963 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII film written and directed by Carl Foreman and boasting Foreman. Based on a collection of short stories called ''The Human Kind'' by Alexander Baron, it boasts an AllStarCast, AllStarCast including Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/PeterFonda, Creator/GeorgeHamilton, Creator/JeanneMoreau, Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/RomySchneider, Creator/ElkeSommer, and Creator/EliWallach. It's based on a series of short stories called "The Human Kind" by Alexander Baron.

Set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the
Creator/EliWallach.

The
film follows depicts a group of American soldiers led by Sgt. Joe R. Craig (Wallach) marching around Europe, Europe and encountering various women along the way. It follows each of the soldiers and their relationships with these women while showing a strong anti-war message.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Set during the UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar, the film follows a group of soldiers led by Sgt. Joe R. Craig (Wallach) marching around Europe, encountering various women along the way. It follows each of the soldiers and their relationships with these women while showing a strong anti-war message.

to:

Set during the UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the film follows a group of soldiers led by Sgt. Joe R. Craig (Wallach) marching around Europe, encountering various women along the way. It follows each of the soldiers and their relationships with these women while showing a strong anti-war message.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


''The Victors'' is a 1963 film written and directed by Carl Foreman and boasting an AllStarCast, including Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/GeorgeHamilton, Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/EliWallach, Creator/PeterFonda, Creator/JeanneMoreau, and Creator/ElkeSommer. It's based on a series of short stories called "The Human Kind" by Alexander Baron.

to:

''The Victors'' is a 1963 film written and directed by Carl Foreman and boasting an AllStarCast, including Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/PeterFonda, Creator/GeorgeHamilton, Creator/JeanneMoreau, Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/EliWallach, Creator/PeterFonda, Creator/JeanneMoreau, Creator/RomySchneider, Creator/ElkeSommer, and Creator/ElkeSommer.Creator/EliWallach. It's based on a series of short stories called "The Human Kind" by Alexander Baron.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* UglyGuyHotWife: Craig isn't bad looking, but he's decidedly plain, and the French woman is very much out of his league. While he doesn't marry her, it's implied that they had a fling during the night he spent at her house.

to:

* UglyGuyHotWife: Craig isn't bad looking, but he's decidedly plain, and the French woman is very much out of his league. While he doesn't marry her, it's implied that they had a fling during the night he spent at her house. Furthermore, it's suggested that he's cheating on another woman.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Trower and a Russian soldier kill each other in a knife fight.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


--->'''Chase''': I dunno. But don't let it worry you, Joe.

to:

--->'''Chase''': -->'''Chase''': I dunno. But don't let it worry you, Joe.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BrilliantButLazy: Craig thinks this of Chase.
-->'''Craig''': I can't make you out, fella. I coulda sworn you had leadership qualities. You'd have made sergeant in another six months. But you got no sense of responsibility. You just don't give a damn. Why? Why?
--->'''Chase''': I dunno. But don't let it worry you, Joe.



* HollywoodCostuming: Some of the womens' hair and makeup look more 1960s than 1940s.

to:

* HollywoodCostuming: Some of the womens' women's hair and makeup look more 1960s than 1940s.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GrowlingGut: Craig's stomach growls when looking around the French woman's house.

to:

* GrowlingGut: Craig's stomach growls when looking around the French woman's house.house; he hadn't eaten since six that morning.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GrowlingGut: Craig's stomach growls when looking around the French woman's house.



* HOllywoodCostuming: Some of the womens' hair and makeup look more 1960s than 1940s.

to:

* HOllywoodCostuming: HollywoodCostuming: Some of the womens' hair and makeup look more 1960s than 1940s.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* HOllywoodCostuming: Some of the womens' hair and makeup look more 1960s than 1940s.


Added DiffLines:

* NoNameGiven: The French woman Craig meets is never named.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ChildrenAreCruel: Three Italian children rob a dead soldier they find in some ruins.

to:

* ChildrenAreCruel: Three Italian Sicilian children rob a dead soldier they find in some ruins.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ChildrenAreCruel: Three Italian children rob a dead soldier they find in some ruins.

Top