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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Carve Her Name with Pride
ib011f9545i — 19 years ago(December 09, 2006 01:45 PM)
One of the peole on the comment boards is very critical of this film.
It is easy to attack this film for its lack of realism and the way it does not how the story ended in detail.
But we have to accept that the film was made in 1958 and a more gritty version of the story would not be possible at that time.
The story of SOE is an amazing one and something that Britain can still be proud of.
I find it sad that so many of our European sister nations forget our role in helping resistance going in occupied europe.
I think the best film about SOE is still the late 1940s film AGAINST THE WIND.
There is more violence in AGAINST THE WIND and the whole story is better due to it not just concentrating on one person.
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Druxy — 17 years ago(May 10, 2008 07:35 PM)
As much as I enjoyed this movie, I don't think it does Violette Szabo justice.
After I watched the picture, I went on-line and looked her up.
Violette Szabo did some truly amazing things that had a profound effect on the war effort, yet we don't get a sense of that in this movie.
We see her talking to a colleague in the French underground, telling him to blow up a bridge, which he does (without her) off-screen. Later, we watch her holding off a bunch of German soldiers while her companion escapes, but that's about it. Then, she's captured, tortured and, eventually, executed.
I know that in England that she's considered to be a great heroine, and I'm sure that she was. But, this movie spends more time on her military training and personal life, rather than her war time exploits. I would have preferred seeing more of the latter. -
Squeeth2 — 13 years ago(August 28, 2012 01:17 AM)
Armee des Ombres is a much better film about resistance, as are Flame and Citron, Max Manus, The Round Up and Idi i Smotri. Ombres has a good joke about English people and tea too.
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Errington_92 — 13 years ago(August 30, 2012 11:07 AM)
Does anyone else think Virginia McKenna was miscasted? I did not think she was the right actress to play the role as she did not give the impression of a woman who would take part in such activities. Even when it did show her taking on the Nazis I still was not convinced.
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Prismark10 — 11 years ago(February 22, 2015 11:26 AM)
You actually think after watching this film what was it she exactly did that led her to be awarded the George medal. It seems the screenplay skimped on a lot of her heroic activities.
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icaptainchaos — 9 years ago(April 26, 2016 07:08 PM)
I have to agree .
While I am sure that she deserved all the accolades, praise & medals etc. etc., she didn't really seem to DO much.
Someone else blew the bridge up, she was going to join up with some people & do something else somewhere, but got spotted, so she killed a few German soldiers, go caught & interrogated.
Then shot.
The End.
In the film, she appeared to spend more time wining & dining than organising resistance stuff.
I am sure that if I actually read about her real story, I'd be more impressed, but certainly not from the film.