TCM Schedule for Saturday, February 7 --- REACH AND INFLUENCE OF NAZI GERMANY

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7 Saturday



7:45 AM Cleopatra (1963)
The legendary Egyptian queen tries to use her beauty to conquer the Roman Empire. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C-243 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India. Cast: Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen. Dir: George Stevens. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

2:00 PM The Four Feathers (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle. Cast: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: Zoltan Korda. C-115 mins, TV-PG

4:00 PM Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A British military officer enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness. Dir: David Lean. C-227 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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8:00 PM Casablanca (1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

9:45 PM Sahara (1943)
An international platoon fights off Nazis in World War II Africa. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges. Dir: Zoltan Korda. BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:30 PM The Great Escape (1963)
Thrown together by the Germans, a group of captive Allied troublemakers plot a daring escape. Cast: James Garner, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough. Dir: John Sturges. C-172 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM Das Boot (1981)
The crew of a World War II German U boat finds boredom is its greatest enemy. Cast: Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann. Dir: Wolfgang Petersen. C-149 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

5:03 AM Short Film: Hitler Lives? (1945)
BW-17 mins,

5:30 AM The Facts of Life (1960)
Suburban marrieds are tempted to dabble in adultery. Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey. Dir: Melvin Frank. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[Matilda]

1. It's an interesting experience to watch "Das Boot".

What TCM are screening for you is the cutdown version, and that's a shame, because the director's
cut, at 209 minutes, is amazing. However, I would recommend even seeing a shortened version if
you've never seen this film before, rather than miss out altogether.

It is, simply put, the story of German sailors during WWII, cooped up in a U-boat, and it manages to
convey superbly well the stifling boredom of their life without ever actually becoming boring - no
mean feat. Script, direction and acting are superb, but I also found it interesting to discuss
afterwards how we viewing it in Australia felt towards the men portrayed.

There are those who say "they were no different to the Allies, just sailors doing their duty as our
men were", or those who would still condemn them all as nazis and supporters of the Hitler regime.
The film does make you think about war and propaganda, duty and fanatacism, and where the truth of
it all lies.

The best option though would be to hire the director's cut of this film - I've not seen the uncut
version, but I figure the director knew what he was after and he conveyed it superbly in the 3.45hour
cut.