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Titolo originale: The Dam Busters
Regia: Michael Anderson |
Anno: 1955
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Dramma Azione Storia Thriller Guerra
Tag: world war ii | air force | based on true story | dam | lancaster bomber | docudrama |
Cast: Richard Todd | Michael Redgrave | Ursula Jeans | Basil Sydney | Patrick Barr | Ernest Clark | Derek Farr | Charles Carson | Stanley Van Beers | Colin Tapley | Frederick Leister | Eric Messiter | Laidman Browne | Raymond Huntley | Hugh Manning | Edwin Styles | Hugh Moxey | Anthony Shaw | Laurence Naismith | Harold Siddons | Frank Phillips | Brewster Mason | Tony Doonan | Nigel Stock | Brian Nissen | Robert Shaw | Peter Assinder | Richard Leech | Richard Thorp | John Fraser | David Morell | Bill Kerr | George Baker | Ronald Wilson | Denys Graham | Basil Appleby | Tim Turner | Ewen Solon | Harold Goodwin | Patrick McGoohan | Peter Arne | Edward Cast | Richard Coleman | Peter Diamond | Gerald Harper | Arthur Howard | Lloyd Lamble | Philip Latham | Edwin Richfield |

Gli inglesi sono disperati per il prolungarsi della Seconda guerra mondiale e si propongono un raid audace per tentare di distruggere il cuore industriale della Germania. In un primo momento l'obiettivo sembra impossibile ma uno scienziato britannico escogita un'arma geniale in grado di portare a segno la missione.

Errori

Prior to the Raid, Henry Maudslay brushes his hair and puts the two brushes together by their bristl [...] D
On the run-in by the bombers, enemy anti-aircraft defense appears to be cannon fire, however, the Ge [...] D
In a scene showing the airfield at RAF Scampton, there is a silver aircraft on the horizon, in a lat [...] D
When the planes attack the Eder dam, they fly over Waldeck Castle towards the the dam. In reality, b [...] D
When Gibson meets with Wallis at the final drop test, he tells Wallis that they have been able to fl [...] D
Gibson and Whitworth are sent off to select pilots for the new squadron. Their first selection is Le [...] D
Before the raid, the Lancasters are shown being loaded with machine gun ammunition. The bullets bein [...] D
In two shots of flights of three Lancasters taking off on the mission, each has a gap in the ventral [...] D
When the first dam is breached, during the fly over back over the reservoir, underwater jets can be [...] D
When the plane with the markings AJB catches fire (presumably from anti-aircraft fire) shortly after [...] D
Some crew are seen to be entering the Lancasters prior to taking off wearing normal walking shoes in [...] D
When Barnes Wallis starts to pull the blackout across it is clearly daytime outside. He stops and wa [...] D
Before the first successful bomb test, Gibson tells Wallis that there is a new moon and he should ma [...] D
Guy Gibson was depicted as congenial, friendly and gregarious. However people he worked with, both a [...] D
Shortly after the Lancasters take off from RAF Scampton (which is north of Lincoln) for the raid, th [...] D
There was no tidal wave in Kassel as shown in the film. The water was only 20 cm high in the old tow [...] D
The sign outside Harris's office describes him as Commanding in Chief. It should, of course, be Comm [...] D
Bomber Harris normally wears the cap of an Air Chief Marshal (with 2 rows of scrambled eggs). In a s [...] D
The Lancaster shown flying over the Derwent Reservoir is not a Dam Busters aircraft, in that it has [...] D
The raid was far less successful than the ending of the film implies. D
The train showing being derailed by the flood is running on the left-hand track. British trains do r [...] D
When testing the use of spotlights to determine the aircraft altitude, a crew member is giving instr [...] D
American versions had "Trigger" dubbed for "Nigger" (the name of Gibson's dog, and one of the code w [...] D
Cochrane tells Gibson to try out the new bomb-sight "on the towers of the Derwentwater dam". He mean [...] D
The Castle above the Eder-Dam is shown on the southern-side of the lake. In reality, this castle is [...] D
After the first failure of the full size test bomb, Guy Gibson, Bob Hay and Barnes Wallis are saying [...] D
The "full size tests" show a de Havilland Mosquito dropping a Highball prototype from a height very [...] D
When Barnes Wallis meets Summers and they decide to approach Bomber Command, parked outside the test [...] D
During training flights shown early in the film when crews knew nothing about the target or weapon, [...] D
Far from being unwavering during preparations for the attack, Barnes Wallis was wracked with worry. D
A microphone dips into the top right corner and pulls back up at 45:24, just as Wallis says he thoug [...] D
When in the upper briefing room where Gibson is addressing his crew, on the right hand wall is a pai [...] D
The spot lamps are positioned at either end of the plane so that the beams would cross at a certain [...] D
Guy Gibson is smoking a pipe in a first class railway compartment. The pipe smoke goes out the windo [...] D
In US prints (see trivia entry), a Flying Fortress appears at least once in place of a Lancaster. D
The system devised to get the height right was, in the film, said to have been thought of by the 617 [...] D
In a shot of the airfield, its shows three Lancaster's and one Avro Lincoln, (the successor to the L [...] D