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A Time Out of War (1954)

A Time Out of War poster
Directed by
Denis Sanders
Genre
war, drama
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Union soldiers and one Confederate soldier take a break from fighting to share food and talk. They are briefly human to each other before returning to war.

contemplativesomberrestrainedobservationalreflectiveintimatesparsequietly intense

What happens

A Time Out of War is a 1954 American short war film directed by Denis Sanders and starring Corey Allen and Barry Atwater. In 1955, it won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) at the 27th Academy Awards, first prize at the Venice Film Festival Live Action Short Film category, and a BAFTA Special Award, among others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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