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richardhwilton
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The Way to the Stars (1945)
A masterpiece capturing a war and a lost civilization
22 January 2010 - 16 out of 16 users found this review helpful.
The great thing about this war flying film is that there's hardly any flying in it. It's all about the terrible toll war takes on normal people. What makes it so gripping to a modern audience is how the characteristic emotional restraint of people at that time is so faithfully portrayed. That's why it doesn't date. You just know that's how people really were back then.
Above all, it's the Rattigan screenplay, with its wonderful trilogical structure that speaks out.
If you want to see how people really felt and acted in England in WW2, in a beautiful, tragic film, then you must see it.
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