The Young Lions (1958) | |
| Director(s) | Edward Dmytryk |
| Producer(s) | Al Lichtman |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Film Adaptation, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Period Piece, World War II |
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The Young Lions (1958) was a War - Drama Film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Al Lichtman.
Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Joe MacDonald | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Hugo Friedhofer | Nominated |
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The Young Lions (1958): Humanity in Epic Scale
By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 16, 2021 From 4 Star FilmsThe opening of Edward Dmytryk’s The Young Lions, based on Irvin Shaw’s titular novel, could be plucked out of an earlier picture like The Mortal Storm. It’s New Year’s Eve 1938 in Bavaria, Germany. Young lovers ski and frolic in the snow as locals make merry indoors. Marlon B... Read full article
The Young Lions (1958)
By Beatrice on Aug 23, 2016 From Flickers in TimeThe Young Lions Directed by Edward Dmytryk Written by Edward Anhalt from a novel by Irwin Shaw 1958/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube rental As usual, Marlon Brando is the standout in parallel stories that examine the personal lives of German?and American soldiers d... Read full article
The Young Lions (1958)
on Sep 4, 2015 From Journeys in Classic FilmCinematic misfires can happen in Hollywood. Cleopatra is a great example. Take A-list stars, add an exorbitant budget and you’ll have an instant hit, right? I appreciate Cleopatra?(1963), but I can agree there are big issues that some recasting and other changes could have maybe improved upon.... Read full article
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Capt. Hardenberg: [two Nazi officers, escaping on a motorcycle in the middle of the endless desert] Don't fall asleep, damn you. Talk! Talk to me!
Lt. Christian Diestl: [confused] Uh, I wish I was back in Austria! I wish I was back in the snow... in the winter... in the mountains...
Capt. Hardenberg: [impatient] Not like that! Talk about something else!
Lt. Christian Diestl: [amused] Can I talk about what I did with your wife the last time I was in Berlin?
Capt. Hardenberg: The German army is invincible because it is an army that obeys orders. Any order. No matter how distasteful. It has no sentimentalists, no moralists, no individualists. You will have no future in it if you don't understand that. You may have no future at all if you oppose it. I trouble to tell you this because you have a fine record. You will be a creative soldier, once you get all this "thinking" knocked out of you.
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Tony Randall was replaced by Dean Martin in the role of Michael Whiteacre. This was apparently due to MCA's insistence that there be an actor each from the four major entertainment sectors: night clubs, recordings, television, and movies, "a quadruple threat", so to speak.
The meaning and relevance of both the source novel and it's film's title "The Young Lions" is a reference to three young soldiers, lions being a reference to their military prowl, young as the soldiers are supposed to be youthful.
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