{"id":74905,"date":"2021-08-07T23:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T06:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74905"},"modified":"2022-04-23T09:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:27:04","slug":"bitter-victory-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74905","title":{"rendered":"Bitter Victory (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If you haven&#8217;t got the courage to kill me, don&#8217;t try to save me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-74906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster-667x1024.png 667w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Poster.png 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo British officers (Curt Jurgens and Richard Burton) with differing skill sets are assigned to co-lead an incognito mission to retrieve Nazi papers from Rommel&#8217;s headquarters in Benghazi &#8212; but tensions quickly arise when Jurgens learns that his wife (Ruth Roman) was Burton&#8217;s former lover.\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>Christopher Lee Films<\/li>\n<li>Curt Jurgens Films<\/li>\n<li>Deserts<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Machismo<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Ray Films<\/li>\n<li>Richard Burton Films<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Roman Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nNicholas Ray directed this adaptation of a novel by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ren%C3%A9_Hardy\">French writer Ren\u00e9 Hardy<\/a>, set in Northern Africa during World War II and centered on bitter conflict between the two male leads &#8212; both of whom (for unexplained reasons) adore Roman. Indeed, the miscasting of butch Roman (luminous Moira Shearer was the original choice): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-1024x443.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"277\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-1536x664.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman-604x261.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Roman.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; is second only to the confusion of having a German-born-and-accented actor (Jurgens) playing a British Major (the lame excuse given in the screenplay is that he&#8217;s a Boer). The narrative begins to pick up steam once we see the deadly extent to which the two men allow their neuroses and rivalries to play out in the hot desert sun. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-1024x442.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-1536x663.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton-604x261.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-Burton.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; with a particularly harrowing sequence showing Burton being forced, as he puts it, to &#8220;kill the living and save the dead&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Kill-the-Living.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other tension-filled desert-survival scenes include a potentially tainted water source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Water.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a deadly scorpion: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Scorpion.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the black-and-white cinematography &#8212; much of it shot on location in Libya &#8212; is gorgeous, making it all the more frustrating that the overall storyline doesn&#8217;t quite deliver. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for Christopher Lee in a minor supporting role as an accompanying soldier.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-1024x440.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-1536x660.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Lee.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Burton as Captain Leith<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-1536x650.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Burton5.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Curd Jurgens as Major Brand<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Jurgens.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine b&#038;w CinemaScope cinematography and location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-1536x654.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Still.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Desert2.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-1536x650.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Cave.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Raymond Pellegrin as Mekrane<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-1536x662.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bitter-Victory-Pellegrin.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050126\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/prisoners-of-war\/Content?oid=915777\">Chicago Reader Essay <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/bitter-victory\/review\/2000115686\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10603\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1553bitt.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4433\/bitter-victory#articles-reviews?articleId=253384\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/bitter-victory-2\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you haven&#8217;t got the courage to kill me, don&#8217;t try to save me.&#8221; Synopsis: Two British officers (Curt Jurgens and Richard Burton) with differing skill sets are assigned to co-lead an incognito mission to retrieve Nazi papers from Rommel&#8217;s headquarters in Benghazi &#8212; but tensions quickly arise when Jurgens 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