Saints and Soldiers (2003)

Director:

Ryan Little

Writers:

Geoffrey Panos (story)
Matt Whitaker (writer)

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

War | Action | Drama | Adventure

Tagline:

Trapped behind enemy lines. All they have is their hope.

Plot:

Four American soldiers and one Brit fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Film Festival | Mormon | Family Relationships

Awards:

16 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Corbin Allred	...	Cpl. Nathan 'Deacon' Greer
Alexander Polinsky	...	Medic Steven Gould (as Alexander Niver)
Kirby Heyborne	...	Flt. Sgt. Oberon Winley
Larry Bagby	...	Pvt. Shirley 'Shirl' Kendrick (as Lawrence Bagby)
Peter Holden	...	SSgt. Gordon Gunderson
Ethan Vincent	...	Rudolph 'Rudi' Gertz
Melinda Renee	...	Catherine Theary
Ruby Chase O'Neil	...	Sophie Theary
Jeff Birk	...	Radio Announcer
Ben Gourley	...	Private McKinley
Tane Williams	...	Injured One-Armed Soldier
Randy Beard	...	German Officer #1
Curt Dousett	...	German Soldier #1
Michael Buster	...	German Soldier #2
M. Casey Reeves	...	Weeping Soldier

Also Known As:

The Saints of War (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for war violence and related images. (edited for re-rating)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | USA:R (original rating) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Alpine, Utah, USA

Company:

Go Films

Trivia:

The photo that "Deacon" carries throughout the film is of actor Corbin Allred's grandmother, and is in fact the photo that Allred's grandfather carried with him throughout WWII.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The German POW is given a sweet wrapped in an aluminum foil, which he later uses to create a silver angel. Aluminum foils for food, like the white bread, was another luxury quite unlikely found in a forest dwelling in the Ardennes. During the war all the metal objects of common use were forcefully collected and taken out from the market to build weapons.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Villa

Great movie overall

I know that you shouldn't go into a movie with high expectations, but I did.

Fortunately , I feel that my money wasn't wasted, nor my time. In fact I came out feeling like I should have paid more. First of all, it was an awesome war movie, plenty of action, not too much blood, great story, acting, and plot. Religion really wasn't too intertwined with the movie, but it was Deacon's values that helps them survive, not a movie where religion is preached. I believe that "Signs" was more of a religious story than this was, as well as "The Count of Monty Cristo" It is probably just because of how people are prejudice against Mormons. I had a great time and anyone who looks past the fact that it was made by Mormons (which is sad that it must be overlooked by some people) and enjoys the movie, will discover it is awesome and worth seeing again and again.