The Desert Fox

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Russ G 11/07/2022 For a movie that's a rather sympathetic treatment of a mythical historical figure, it's odd that Rommel's early victories in North Africa are skipped. Overall it's a pretty thin script, fleshed out with lots of stock footage. The premise is that Rommel was a good and honorable German officer opposed to the LIttle Austrian Corporal. This film basically rehabilitates the German military when the US needed Cold war allies. The lousy script and the cheap budget doom that effort. See more 10/14/2020 The film is simply too short to get any understanding of Rommel. I also had a big issue with all the very english accents when playing Germans. I really cannot recommend this film. See more andy f 07/03/2019 James Mason is brilliant as Rommel in this strangely touching biopic. The scenes of war are quite affecting. An intelligent and worthwhile movie about one of Hitler's most loyal officers. See more 05/09/2018 Would have been much better if all the Germans did not have British accents! Can't British Actors pull off at least a basic German accent to make the movie more credible and watchable? This is one of the most annoying production/casting jokes that ruins so many movies, war and religious movies especially. Arabs and Palestinians with strong British accents..... Germans with British accents.... come on- how much effort is put into costumes, sets etc... only to have the Germans sounding more British than the Brits themselves. I have watched with people who were totally confused with such war movies - due to confusing accents and dialog See more 10/03/2017 Really good old film about a great WWII general. Though it is mostly fictional as far as plot goes it does tell a pretty accurate story of general Rommel. A lot would demonize him because he fought for Germany, but Rommel himself wasn't a Nazi. Even though the acting is nothing flashy I still love the way the characters are carried out, James mason's. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 09/22/2015 The Desert Fox is an incredible film. It is about the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel. James Mason and Cedric Hardwicke give excellent performances. The screenplay is well written. Henry Hathaway did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and action. See more Read all reviews

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