I found this movie in a list of ghost movies, but it is not really a ghost-story. I mean: the usual story in which the protagonist is afraid of the ghosts, who are making their presence felt more and more, and suddenly appear looking very scary, making you jump. In "Sole Survivor", when the protagonist IS confronted by the ghosts, we who are watching are already used to them - and they never look scary to us.
So, this is more a story of morals, corruption, guilt etc. among officers and pilots in the aftermath of World War II. The ghosts could quite as well have been only figments of the protagonist's guilty conscience, but this is not so - it is obvious that they are supposed to be true spirits of dead people.
There are also some interesting ideas about what happen to us after death, and when we are among the ghosts the atmosphere is surreal and dream-like - very similar to that in "The Others".
This mixture of cynic realism and vivid imagination, is very unusual in movies I believe. I almost could not decide if I liked this movie or not, because it kept me hooked - but at the same time the whole set-up felt quite weird.
So, this is more a story of morals, corruption, guilt etc. among officers and pilots in the aftermath of World War II. The ghosts could quite as well have been only figments of the protagonist's guilty conscience, but this is not so - it is obvious that they are supposed to be true spirits of dead people.
There are also some interesting ideas about what happen to us after death, and when we are among the ghosts the atmosphere is surreal and dream-like - very similar to that in "The Others".
This mixture of cynic realism and vivid imagination, is very unusual in movies I believe. I almost could not decide if I liked this movie or not, because it kept me hooked - but at the same time the whole set-up felt quite weird.