This is probably the most realistic war movie ever made. The characters are real, flesh and blood not paper heroes. The black and white only added to the realism. The irony at the end of an American and Russian soldier killing each other and falling into a V while Beethoven's Fifth plays in the back ground is not lost. The execution of Eddie Slovak to the strains of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" playing in the background is powerful, and you can't escape the injustice of this single soldier being executed for the act of hundreds. It anyone every thought their was any glory or romance in war this movie should disabuse them. Recent movies like "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers" have in my opinion skewed away from the stark truth of "The Victors"
Review of The Victors
