I guastatori delle dighe

Titolo originale: The Dam Busters

1955
T
2h 4min

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La storia di come gli inglesi attaccarono le dighe tedesche durante la seconda guerra mondiale usando una tecnica ingegnosa per far cadere le bombe dove sarebbero state più efficaci.La storia di come gli inglesi attaccarono le dighe tedesche durante la seconda guerra mondiale usando una tecnica ingegnosa per far cadere le bombe dove sarebbero state più efficaci.La storia di come gli inglesi attaccarono le dighe tedesche durante la seconda guerra mondiale usando una tecnica ingegnosa per far cadere le bombe dove sarebbero state più efficaci.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,4/10

11.732

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 4 candidature totali

Quiz
There was no follow-up raid because aerial photography showed that the new anti-air raid defences on the dam installed after the attack would have made a second raid suicidal.

Blooper
The system devised to get the height right was, in the film, said to have been thought of by the 617 Sqn crews following a visit to the theater. In reality it was devised by the 'boffins' at Farnborough.

Citazioni
Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production: You say you need a Wellington Bomber for test drops. They're worth their weight in gold. Do you really think the authorities will lend you one? What possible argument could I put forward to get you a Wellington?
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: Well, if you told them I designed it, do you think that might help?

Curiosità sui crediti
Blu-Ray edition opening screen: "While we acknowledge some of the language used in The Dam Busters reflects historical attitudes audiences may find offensive, for reasons of historical accuracy we have opted to present the film as it was originally screened."

This refers to the fact that the protagonist, Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson's, dog is named "N-Word." In addition, the dog's name is used during the raid on the dams as code indicating the dam(s) have successfully been breached.

Versioni alternative
Prints distributed in the United States by Warner Brothers added a shot from L'avventura impossibile (1942) showing an early model B-17 Flying Fortress crashlanding in a forest.

Connessioni
Edited into Attacco alla Costa di Ferro (1968)

Colonne sonore
The Dam Busters
March
by Eric Coates

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Some Dam fine flying

Just like to respond to Howard Morley's comments. The dam's raids were urgently needed, and it took only a few months to form 617, train them and attack the dams. Quite a feat I'm sure you'll agree. The film nicely conveys the struggles and the friendships of the crews, put together from the best of the Commonwealth fliers. Even if the screenplay does take some rather large liberties with the story.

As to Guy, he was killed in 1944 on his way back from acting as Master Bomber on a raid over Germany. His Mosquito crashed in Holland, killing him and his navigator. To this day there are no explanations for the crash. Guy should not have been flying at all, but he was so desperate to get back in the air that Bomber Harris gave in and let him. A tragedy. Of the crew of G-George (Guy's ship on the raid) none of them survived the war. The crew crashed whilst trying to bomb the Dortmund-Ems canal later in 1943.

The film is a fitting tribute to the raid, and the massive losses of 617. Of the 19 ships to go out, 11 came back. Of the 77 crew lost on the raid, only 1 survived. This is why the dams were not bombed again. And the problem with the Sorpe was that it was an earth damn, the bombs were not very effective as with the Eder and Moehne.

How do I know all this? My Great-grandmother was a Gibson.

Watch the film and marvel.