When I saw the cover I pictured it to be quite an outdated film, but it is timeless. Not the best movie I have ever seen by a long shot, I reckon if you made it today it would be more a TV show than a movie or if they did make it a movie it would be a little better directed. The child actors aren't awful, but if you aren't a kid you can tell they are mouthing words and have a hard time conveying emotions. These days they can make a kid cry much more efficiently (bunch of sadists haha) and won't need fake tears and switching camera angles to make the tears suddenly appear.
Personally I find all the old "mistakes" neat and they really do not take away from the plot, the story is coherent and if you put this on for your kids they will enjoy it, though they might fall asleep without all the explosions and hyper music and switching camera angles every 2 seconds. I would say this is a good film to watch with your kids to learn something about the World just after WWII.
Watch it alone or with your children, it's quite powerful.
Personally I find all the old "mistakes" neat and they really do not take away from the plot, the story is coherent and if you put this on for your kids they will enjoy it, though they might fall asleep without all the explosions and hyper music and switching camera angles every 2 seconds. I would say this is a good film to watch with your kids to learn something about the World just after WWII.
Watch it alone or with your children, it's quite powerful.