Days of Glory (2006, France)
Original / alternative title: Indigenes
Categories: desert movies infantry movies urban warfare movies
Days of GloryDirector: Rachid Bouchareb
Czas: 128 minut
Laguages: French
Days of Glory war movie
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Days of Glory war movie
Czas: 128 minut
2024-04-07 / 1970-01-01
Four Algerian recruits join the Free French Forces only to find that beside Germans they will have to fight for their right to be treated with respect.
In 1943 French First Army was being reactivated in Northern Africa as part of the preparations of Free French Forces to liberate their homeland. Many of the rectuits were the indigenes, the local African residents of French colonies such as Algieria, Chad, Morocco or Tunisia. Four Algerians - Said, Yassir, Messaoud and Abdelkader - join the regiment with completely different hopes and dreams. Equipped with Lend-Lease American uniforms and weapons they start their basic training under the command of Sergeant Martinez. On one hand they feel proud to serve their homeland, but as they soon will find out they are not the favorite children of their fatherland - in first battle in Italy they are given the order to attack the German lines under the heavy bombardment. With heavy casualties they begin to realize they were just cannon fodder for the more valuable units formed of white French. Soon they are transfered to France, where attached to American forces they will liberate their country, but on each step they are remembered that they are not "real" French. They have to face not only the Nazi Germans, but also the segregation, racism and humiliations in French army.
Film made as a tribute to the colonial soldiers within Free French Forces, who fought side by side with the white Frenchmen, but never were treated as equals, even after the war. With interesting cast and story presenting not well known facts from World War 2 it could have been a good war movie. But since the creators kept the story close to the historical facts unfortunately the film is only average production, mostly because the Free French Forces played only marginal role in the whole war. We see more of the hostility within the French Army than actual battle scenes.
It is one of those war movies that has something important to tell, but in the process of making people aware of the facts the story-telling part seems to be missing, or rather it is presents in such way that it’s hard to get involved in the story itself.
Our rating
6.4
Film value
6 / 10
Realism factor
4 / 5
Adventure factor
3 / 5
Historical accuracy
3 / 5
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