Morituri

United States

1965

123 Min

Black and White

1.85:1

German, English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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PROD Aaron Rosenberg, Barney Rosenzweig

SCR Werner Jörg Lüddecke, Daniel Taradash

CAST Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech, Wally Cox, Max Haufler

PROD DES Herman A. Blumenthal, Jack Martin Smith

SOUND David Dockendorf, Garry A. Harris

Director

Bernhard Wicki was born in 1919 in Austria and died in 2000 in Munich. He studied Acting and Photography in Berlin and Vienna, followed by theater work in Vienna, Munich, Salzburg and Zurich. His first film role was in Der fallende Stern (1950). Thereafter, he starred in numerous other films including Die letzte Bruecke (1954), Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955), Weil du arm bist, musst du frueher sterben (1956), Die Zuercher Verlobung, and the Italian production Die Nacht (La notte, 1961). He made his directorial debut with the documentary Warum sind sie gegen uns (1958), a film about youth problems in the Federal Republic of Germany. He went on to direct Miracle of Malachias (Das Wunder des Malachias, 1961), the Duerrenmatt-adaptation_ The Visit _(Der Besuch,1964), Die Zitadelle (1977), The Longest Day (Der laengste Tag, 1962), Morituri (1965), Karpfs Karriere… read more

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Brotherdeacon

12Feb12

Not the typical anti-war film, but a thinking war film that doesn't stoop to easy answers or high-contrast morality. Wonderful cast, tightly structured story, great B &W cinematography by Conrad Hall, all which left me with an aftertaste that lasted for days as I mulled over Bernhard Wicki's directorial decision making and the characterizations by Marlon Brando, Yul Brenner, Janet Margolin and a solid cast.

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Paul Johnson

10Nov10

Amusing interplay between Yul Brynner and Marlon Brando, who kind of act at oblique angles at each other, and a certain wasted, melancholic tone keeps it all near-fantastic even when it doesn't quite know how to get to wherever it is it thinks it wants to go.