Browsing YouTube took me to a quality copy of this film which, slightly surprisingly I hadn't been aware of, even though it starred Charles Bronson and Tony Curtis. My first reaction was that it was quite courageous to make a film with a historical background of which few viewers might be aware. I have an interest in the Great War period, but I had difficulties working out who the various factions were - not helped by the changing loyalties of some of the characters. (And I gather that the film took liberties with history.)
My rating of six reflects the costumes, the scenery and the impressive armoured train. On the debit side are those two common factors of so many films: a man (Tony Curtis in this case) who after several days of privation remains cleans shaven, and weapons that never need re-loading. In the case of YCWTA there's the additional anomaly of two small aircraft arriving with no bombs evident under their wings but still dropping a dozen or so.
Bronson and Curtis did well enough, as did Fikret Hakan as Colonel Elci. Michelle Mercier underwhelmed as the glamour interest.
My rating of six reflects the costumes, the scenery and the impressive armoured train. On the debit side are those two common factors of so many films: a man (Tony Curtis in this case) who after several days of privation remains cleans shaven, and weapons that never need re-loading. In the case of YCWTA there's the additional anomaly of two small aircraft arriving with no bombs evident under their wings but still dropping a dozen or so.
Bronson and Curtis did well enough, as did Fikret Hakan as Colonel Elci. Michelle Mercier underwhelmed as the glamour interest.