Colin Farrell

Bruce Willis

Terrence Howard

Marcel Iureș

Cole Hauser

Linus Roache

Vicellous Shannon

Rory Cochrane

Joe Spano

Michael Weston

Adrian Grenier

Jonathan Brandis

Maury Sterling

Sam Jaeger

Scott Michael Campbell

Rick Ravanello

Sebastian Tillinger

Brad Hunt

Rúaidhrí Conroy

Sam Worthington

Radek Kuchař

Vojtěch Štěpánek

Christian Kahrmann

Wolfgang Glattes

Gregory Hoblit

David Ladd

Billy Ray

Arnold Rifkin

John Katzenbach

Terry George

Jessica Horváthová

Elisabetta Beraldo

David Rosenbloom

Alar Kivilo

Lilly Kilvert

Deborah Aquila

Patrick Cassidy

Martin Kurel

David Foster

John T. Sweeney

Rachel Portman

Ondřej Sláma

Murray Close

Janice F. Sperling

John Warnke

Borivoj Klecka

Tom Bellfort

Jiri Krejcir

Stephen J. Eads

Andrea Pugner

Gary Summers

David Voborský

Samantha Armstrong

Antonín Mařík

Zdeněk Mrkvička

Peggy Rosson

Andreas Crawford

Petr Drozda

Richmond Riedel

Gregory Plotkin

Bud Davis

Jeff J.J. Authors

Andy Arnautov

Veronika Horka

Frantisek Rezek

Penny Charter

Steve Boeddeker

Vladimir Seiml

Darrin Brown

Patricia Graf

Jiří Ostrý

John T. Van Vliet

Jimmy E. Jensen

Nick Shuster

Jiří Gažda

Monty Rowan

Gary Dagg

Filip Majer

Douglas Plasse

Sebastian Meuschel

Lindakay Brown

Erich Stratmann

Karen Brocco

Krysten Commoglio

Jana Vance

Robert Shoup

Dennie Thorpe

Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Joanna Laurent

David C. Hughes

Marilyn McCoppen

Gerald Quist

Milan Vlček

David M. Ronne

Ivana Němcová

Radek Petr

Melissa Lackersteen

Věra Mírová

David Gulick

Marlene D. Williams

Frank 'Pepe' Merel

Dan Moore

Paul Engelen

Eva Vyplelová

Bill Abbott

Michael White

Tony Eckert

Cary Weitz

Jiří Žůček

Pavel Hemmy

Elizabeth Flaherty

Ernestine Kahn

Pavel Sagner

Silvie Janculová

Michael Swafford

Gary Burritt

Milan Chadima

Magda Chýlková

Jiří Matolín

Zdeněk Flídr

Michael Buster

Drama

Hart's War

David Foster Productions

Cheyenne Enterprises

David Ladd Films

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

English

Deutsch

Like Hogan's Heroes but serious and quasi-realistic

RELEASED IN 2002 and directed by Gregory Hoblit, "Hart's War" is a war flick about a paper-pushing lieutenant with a background in law (Colin Farrell) who is unexpectedly captured in Belgium and taken to a POW camp in southern Germany in the closing months of the European theater of the war. He eventually befriends and defends a Tuskegee Airmen (Terrence Howard). Marcel Iures plays the humane German commandant while Bruce Willis plays the tough-as-nails American colonel of the POWs. Cole Hauser is on hand as a racist soldier. 

This is obviously not a conventional WWII flick. Although it starts out with some great war action, it has more in common with films like "Stalag 17" (1953) and "The Great Escape" (1963), albeit with modern filmmaking craft. As my title blurb points out, it's reminiscent of Hogan's Heroes but without the comedy, plus elements of “A Few Good Men” (1992). The film isn't really about survival in the POW camp, but rather the tensions of the prisoners and the criminal drama.

Some have complained that no fascist camp colonel in his right mind would allow such a trial as depicted in the movie. But there are several reasons why the commandant would allow it: (1.) for entertainment, (2.) to witness and understand the American way, (3.) he knew the war would be over soon and wanted to have the Allie's favor, or (4.) a mixture of the above. Keep in mind that the commandant went to school in the US after the first world war so he was enamored by American lifestyle and had a fondness for jazz. I'm sure entertainment was a huge factor since POW camp life is just as boring for the captors as it is for the captives over time.

The climax telegraphs that this is a war MOVIE and not real life, but it's packed with action and gripping drama. It’s also ultimately quite moving. Although it failed at the box office, "Hart's War" is a very good WWII POW camp movie and, in some ways, great.

THE FILM RUNS 125 minutes and was shot in the Czech Republic.

GRADE: B+/A-

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