De l'enfer à la victoire

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Last updated on 01 September 2024.

De l'enfer à la victoire movie poster.

Movie (1979)
Italian title : Contro 4 bandiere
Spanish title : De Dunkerke a la victoria
English title : From Hell to Victory

Starring:
George Peppard (Brett Rosson)
George Hamilton (Maurice Bernard)
Horst Buchholz (Jürgen Dietrich)
Ray Lovelock (Jim Rosson)
Anny Duperey (Fabienne Bodin)

Four friends in Paris must leave at the end of August 1939, in the hope of finding again Fabienne, a charming French woman who is the heart of their friendship. But they are of four different nationalities and war breaks out.

Heinkel He 111 P

Junkers Ju 87 B-2 Stuka

The cinemascope format has reduced the upper part of the image but it's the same footage used in Jeux interdits.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Junkers Ju 52/3m

TM+BY Junkers Ju 52/3m.

Another one with G code.

North American T-6

Acting sometimes as Luftwaffe fighter or light bomber. Footage reused from La battaglia d'Inghilterra.

Hispano Aviación HA-1112-M1L

Footage reused from La battaglia d'Inghilterra.
The Spanish variant of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 ('Buchon') is acting the most iconic of the Bf 109 adversary : the Supermarine Spitfire !
Three-blade Buchon on the right. On the left, fake four-blade Spitfire (matte painting technique).

Made for Movie

La battaglia d'Inghilterra was filmed in 1969 an used the same aircraft used the previous year for Battle of Britain. Ten years later, the Buchon have been sold to private owners or museum and the production using footages of Enzo G. Castellari's movie, Jean-Pierre Cassel (Dick) must rush to his 'Spitfire'. So a Made for Movie airframe was built and filmed at the same airbase used in 1969. Despite a despite careful film editing, the 'new' aircraft had some waknesses : the most obvious is the frail structure of the canopy. Another ones are the markings : squadron code LI instead the RF of the 1969 movie.

Timing : 24 mn.

Later, Dick is landing his aircraft now with Fabienne in white (first : in red) and coded AY°F serial BS435 (former BS235).

Timing : 49 mn.

Unidentified Aircraft

Close up of pilots are filmed with made for movie (unrealistic) cockpit (joystick are always too tall or canopy don't match a real one).

Even on general shot, both Luftwaffe and RAF aircraft are most of the time Made for Movie like this foreground.

And radio command aircraft used for crash action are of poor effect.

Such national flag was put on Spitfire or Hurricane manned by RAF pilots from Czechoslovakia.

Unit badge of II./JG3 on a Made for Movie aircraft.

Supermarine Spitfire

Wearing code 32.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk V

Footage reused from La battaglia d'Inghilterra.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

T.3-2 coded 911°05 was the second of the 67 T.3 (Spanish name for the Douglas C-47 Skytrain). Bought in 1946 and seen here close to the type retirement (1978), belonging to 911 Squadron of the 91st General Staff Group (former 90th Group). Seen here with the USAAF roundel overlying the Spanish one.

The first time, the cinematographer (Jose Luis Alcaine) was able to avoid the Aspa de San Andrés (Saint Andrew's Cross used as fin flash by the Ejército del Aire (Spanish air force)) but not on this action.