
Toward the end of World War II, a small company of American GI's occupy an ancient castle. Their commander has an affair with the countess in resident. One guy falls in love with a Volkswagon. A baker among them moves in with another baker's wife. A group of shell shocked holy rollers wander the bombed out streets. A GI art historian tries vainly to protect the castle and its masterpieces.... (Full plot summary below)
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Toward the end of World War II, a small company of American GI's occupy an ancient castle. Their commander has an affair with the countess in resident. One guy falls in love with a Volkswagon. A baker among them moves in with another baker's wife. A group of shell shocked holy rollers wander the bombed out streets. A GI art historian tries vainly to protect the castle and its masterpieces.
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| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonAs though a marriage had been arranged between Catch 22 and A Long Day's Dying, and neither party felt much confidence in the outcome. |
| VarietyVariety StaffApparent efforts to insert a fresh side of war by concentrating on some of its grim humor act more as a deterrent than a booster to interest. |
| User ReviewPrivate UA superb mix of surrealism in the middle of war (WWII in this movie, to be exact). It's just surreal enough to include some crazy, dream-like things-- the town with the women, the man in love with his car, and enough like a surrealist play that some of the monologues don't feel out of place. Pretty much amazing, touching, and definitely builds up its point well. One of my favorites. |
| User ReviewErron SCastle Keep is a great movie that eludes easy classification. The simple version of the story is that a rag-tag group of walking wounded American soldiers in the Ardennes occupies a beautiful medieval castle and then has to defend it against the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge. Defending the castle dooms its beautiful art treasures to destruction and the soldiers to death although they could flee this militarily insignifcant location. We would probably wish that they had done that, but would have missed one hell of a movie. Burt Lancaster is sublime as the morally ambiguous Major Falconer! If you love Burt Lancaster, this rivals his swashbuckler movies, but this is not a war film; it is an allegorial plea for peace and sanity in an insane world. THe saddest thing about Major Falconer is that he knows it is insane to fight and yet he justifies doing it anyway. He gives up a wife, riches and a hell of a life for nothing--but that's why he ultimately does it. I find this movie profoundly beautiful, moving and confusing. It bridges the tough WWII action movie with the 1960's in a n interesting way that does a disservice to neither. In many ways, the Nazi evil is downplayed and you feel like the war is a summer camp or slumber party throughout the movie until it hits you in the face during the last act. |
| User ReviewSaul SMaybe cuz I was holed up in bed sick in high school, but I thought this was a fascinating, dark expose on the insanity of war. TiVo it...you won't regret it. |
| User ReviewJesper JGREAT movie. Sharp dialogue from a good varied cast. This movie will feel weird for most ppl I think but that's their problem hehe. |
| User ReviewJamie BI love this film so much. I amazes me how few people have seen it. Terrific story, action and a great cast. See it. |
| User ReviewCarson PThe film is actually pointless and stupid. It grows on you however, and its lurid mood seems to leave you wanting more. |
| User ReviewSoumo MA great movie to watch given current affairs, it shows the insanity of war and does this via a hodge-podge of characters and disjoint scenes that somehow come together cleanly. |
| User ReviewRoyce LThis movie feaked me out...Ronald Defeo watched this movie before murdering his family...I can see why. |