Days of Glory | Days of Glory (Indigenes)

The French Foreign Legion | Days of Glory (Indigenes) | Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem

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	• Days of Glory (Indigenes) Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem Weinstein Company, 2007 average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A different WWII tale

The tale of the forgotten African soldiers who fought for France in WWII. There are some slow moments in this subtitled picture but other than that it's pretty solid. WWII buffs will appreciate this much more than the masses. MY GRADE: B minus for the masses (B to B plus for WWII buffs).

Days of Glory

If you like your war movies Hollywood-free you'll like this movie. It wasn't only the U.S. that defeated Germany and this movie tells the story of Algerian fighters who helped liberate France and bring down the Third Reich.

The French Foreign Legion

I "discovered" "Days of Glory" as a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Oscar of 2006. I understood that I was going to discover a hidden secret from the liner notes and I guess I did. The movie focusses on the French Army's recruitment of volunteers from their African territories during WWII and the service that those recruits experienced. The movie's point was that the African soldiers experienced a lot more that they had expected because of France's discrimination of them. There was little or no promotional potential for them and we view numerous scenes where things are available to the French soldiers but not the African soldiers. The reactions that we witness are a compelling part of the film. Another compelling part of the film were the combat sequences; especially the final battle we watch. Actually, the FINAL battle is the culmination of the discrimination we've already watched. There is a closing account of modern-day issues concerning French war veterans who came from countries that later broke away from the French "Empire". After what we had seen, this information was pretty unsettling.

I could only recall three other WWII films that had French African soldiers in the cast and they were all briefly depicted. I'm giving credit to "Casablanca" but I don't have any strong images of the local soldiers. In another Bogart movie, "Sahara" there was a soldier from (I think) Cameroon who was a part of the ragtag crew associated with Bogart's tank. However, it was "Two Women" (with Sophia Loren) that left a lasting impression on me. It was, to me, an odd scene in which a jeep full of Algerian soldiers came across the title characters. Things happen in war but I was bothered somewhat that the realization that there were Algerian French soldiers in WWII was immediately followed their evil act and quick disappearance. I couldn't help but notice in "Days of Glory" that the soldier's orientation included the admonition to "stay away from the women". Anyhow, I appreciated the more positive impression to go along with the negative one I had seen before.

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Awesome Historical Drama

French version of Saving Private Ryan -- sort of. A very very very good World War 2 drama that shows the perspective of French colonial fighters. Pressed into service from the French colonies of North Africa, these soldiers fought both the Germans and the injustices of being treated as second-class citizens. The Saving Private Ryan reference is made because the final battle scene reminds the viewer of the final battle scene in the aforementioned movie. I rented this movie after hearing about it and then decided to buy it when it became available for sale.

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(War/Action) Set during WWII, North African soldiers enlist in the French army and battle their way across Europe to liberate the "fatherland" and confront discrimination.

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