“Lost Patrol” ( born Lost Patrol ) is a British silent military film about the First World War in Mesopotamia directed by Walter Summers [1] . The film is based on Philip MacDonald's Patrol (1927). In 1934, director John Ford released a remake .
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| Year | 1929 |
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Synopsis
During the First World War in Mesopotamia, a British military patrol of twelve after an unsuccessful attack is in the desert. He is being pursued by the Arab arrows, who kill the British one by one. Hero McLaglena rises at the head of the squad after the death of the commander, and tries to save as many lives of comrades as possible [2] .
In the course of the film with the help of flashbacks, stories of each soldier are told [2] .
Cast
- Cyril McLaughlan - Sergeant [1]
- Sam Wilkinson - Sanders [1]
- Terrence Collier - Corporal Bell [1]
- Arthur B. Woods - Lieutenant Hawkins [1]
- Hamilton Keeney - Morelli [1]
- Fred Dyer - Abelson [1]
- Charles Emerald - Hale [1]
- Andrew McMaster - Brown [1]
- James Watts - Cook [1]
- John Valentine - Mackay [1]
Feedback and Impact
According to Paul Edwards, the author of the book World War I on Film , Lost Patrol is well represented in the realities of war in the desert, but from an artistic point of view, the film has flaws: flashbacks are irrelevant and poorly removed, an oasis in the desert is implausible [2] .
In 1934, director John Ford, under the same name, made a remake of the film, in which the main role was played by Victor McLaughlan , brother of Cyril McLaglen [2] . This film, in turn, became the basis of the first Soviet Easter [3] Thirteen (1936), which debuted in the full-length cinema of the Soviet director Mikhail Romm . Romm's film inspired Zoltan Korda to create the film “ Sugar ” (1943), which was awarded the Academy Award with three Oscars. This film was shot in 1995 by Brian Trenchard-Smith , inviting James Belushi to star.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lost Patrol (1929) . British Film Institute .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Paul M. Edwards. World War I on Film: 2014 . - McFarland, 2016-03-28. - p. 139. - 265 p. - ISBN 9781476620633 .
- ↑ Khublarov D. S., Razlogov K. E. The first century of cinema . - Lokid, 1996. - 732 p.
Links
- Lost Patrol (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database