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Battle Hymn (1957) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 25, 2004
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio Ross Hunter Productions, UI, Universal
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Other Titles
• Battle Hymn
• Der Engel mit den blutigen Flügeln (1957)
• Schlachtgeschwader 2 einsatzbereit (1957)
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Genre: Drama, Biography, True Story, Tear Jerker
Plot: Rock Hudson gives a perfect performance as Colonel Dean Hess, a World War II pilot who launches an air attack that inadvertently obliterates a German orphanage. After the war, Hess becomes a minister and tries desperately to deal with the guilt he retains from the bombing. When the Korean War erupts, Hess learns about hundreds of Korean children left orphaned by the fighting and reenlists. He flies missions and trains pilots and, hoping for redemption, founds an orphanage.Director Douglas Sirk, much as he did with an earlier Hudson vehicle, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, crafts a riveting, poignant melodrama around the themes of guilt and redemption. BATTLE HYMN, steeped in choral music and illuminated by epic production values, features Korean orphans flown in to Universal Studios to play themselves.
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| Directed by |
Douglas Sirk
Imitation of Life, Written on the Wind, All That Heaven Allows |
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The Flight of the Phoenix, The Pride of the Yankees, Winchester '73 | Don DeFore
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, My Friend Irma | Martha Hyer
Sabrina, The Sons of Katie Elder, Houseboat | Jock Mahoney
Bandolero!, Away All Boats, A Time to Love and a Time to Die | |
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| Music By |
Frank Skinner
Harvey, Saboteur, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
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