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The Young Lions (1958)

The Young Lions poster
Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 47m
Rated
e 12
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 148 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three soldiers from different backgrounds experience World War II. A German officer, an American ski instructor, and a Jewish American soldier each face the war in their own way.

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What happens

The Young Lions is a 1958 American epic war drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin. It was made in black-and-white and CinemaScope and was theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox. The film is based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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