The Big Lift (1950)
- Directed by
- George Seaton
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two U.S. Air Force sergeants take part in the Berlin Airlift, bringing supplies to a blockaded city. The film shows their work and the difficulties faced by the people of post-war Berlin.
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What happens
The Big Lift is a 1950 American drama war film on location in the city of Berlin, Germany, that tells the story of "Operation Vittles", the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, through the experiences of two U.S. Air Force sergeants played by Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas. The film was directed and written by George Seaton, and was released April 26, 1950, less than one year after the Soviet blockade of Berlin was lifted and airlift operations ceased. Because the film was shot in Berlin in 1949, as well as using newsreel footage of the actual airlift, it provides a contemporary glimpse of the post-war state of the city as its people struggled to recover from the devastation wrought by World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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