{"id":2225,"date":"2007-02-05T16:24:19","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T23:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2225"},"modified":"2020-12-31T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:28:09","slug":"battle-of-san-pietro-the-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2225","title":{"rendered":"Battle of San Pietro, The (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The lives lost were precious lives &#8212; to their country, to their loved ones, and to the men themselves.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Poster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Poster2-162x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Poster2-162x300.png 162w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Poster2-69x128.png 69w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Poster2-145x270.png 145w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Poster2.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAllied soldiers fight valiantly to liberate the rocky village of San Pietro from German forces.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>John Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Huston&#8217;s documentary about the WWII Battle of San Pietro was considered too &#8220;anti-war&#8221; by the U.S. military to be seen in its original form, and was cut from five reels to only three; most existing prints run approximately 33 minutes long. Yet even this minimal footage makes for powerful viewing, with the action so vivid and gritty that one is amazed Huston and his crew managed to escape death while filming in the midst of it. It&#8217;s a shock to watch these handsome, grinning soldiers returning from the hills in white body bags, especially knowing that losses were so high (approximately 1,100 men needed to be &#8220;replaced&#8221; by the end). Although the final scenes of grateful Italian peasants were likely added for propaganda purposes, this footage, too, remains fascinating, simply for the valuable ethnographic glimpse it affords. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A no-holds-barred look at the real-life casualties of war<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Casualties.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Casualties.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Casualties.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Casualties-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Casualties-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Casualties-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Footage of grateful Italian peasants after San Pietro has been liberated<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Girl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Girl.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Girl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Girl-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Battle-of-San-Pietro-Girl-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This powerful documentary remains must-see viewing simply for its historical importance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controversial Film<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0036630\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The lives lost were precious lives &#8212; to their country, to their loved ones, and to the men themselves.&#8221; Synopsis: Allied soldiers fight valiantly to liberate the rocky village of San Pietro from German forces. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary John Huston Films World War II Review: John Huston&#8217;s documentary about the WWII Battle of San Pietro was considered too &#8220;anti-war&#8221; by the U.S. military to be seen in its original form, and was cut from five reels to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2225\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60892,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions\/60892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}