One of the most deeply moving, thoughtful episodes of any tv series I've seen. The fact that this disturbed woman was able to halt the two waring sides enough for them to see the other side as more than just faceless enemies if not for just a while.
This episode is one of the greatest. Vic Morrow did a superb job and all the actors we're great in this. To trust your enemy is the hardest thing. To be a human being and not a killing machine is a hard thing.
I absolutely love this series !! In my opinion one of the best series ever made and every episode is good !! Compared to today's garbage that is on tv this is far better imo !!
And she ultimately took her mother's side in the divorce and disowned him by the late 70s. She even refuses to carry his surname. What a shame. He deserved better. @@godngunclinger
Every aspect of this show was done superbly. Acting directing the production. ....the amount of explosions alone was incredible for tv. Combat was top shelf stuff and it stands the test of time. Magnificent.
This one merits a salute ! It shows a bit of humanity under an intense period . This is what television used to be . I watched "combat" when it was aired , and it is still great , even in black and white . I person forgets about the age of this film because of the intensity of the story ! I entered the military in '68 thinking it was like the stories of "Combat" . I was very wrong !
One of my favorites - the look in the soldiers eyes when the mother is crying needs no spoken words. Excellent directing by Morrow and Lisa Pera was excellent.
This was a heartbreaker. Lisa Pera was awesome. It showed the humanity in everyone. Vic Morrow is a treasure as an actor and a director. One of the comments was that Rick Jason was a better actor because VM directed. I agree. I love this show.
Soldiers fight wars because of governments, but sometimes, on the battlefield, soldiers can find the humanity in each other. An excellent story, well written, filmed and directed. A good job well done by all and particularly the art of Vic Marrows craft and skill. Sadly, this is something so overlooked in the politics of the world we know today.
Amen to that. Politicians start wars and soldiers pay the price. In scarce poignant moments, the innate humanity of the fighting men shines through. Witness the Christmas truce -- decided on by the soldiers on both sides -- in WWI, brought to the screen in the movie "Joyeux Noël". A few miles from my home, there is a statue honoring a Confederate soldier who, during the night after the slaughter of Union troops assaulting Marye's Heights, made repeated trips in front of the Confederate lines to bring water to wounded Union soldiers. Through all of the violence and misery, soldiers can somehow retain their humanity. This episode is a wonderful illustration of such an instance.
Levitt, Caffey, and Seligman did a great job on this sad episode. William Smithers the Nazi lieutenant has played many roles back during the 60s and is an outstanding actor. Really good episode of how war affects the human mind.
Deeper than pausing to try to find a baby. Much deeper. Right to the level of why and how men have always fought wars, forgetting (or maybe ignoring) our own humanity. Working together is most always the right way, when possible. I find it hard to verbalize the true meaning but I felt it several times during this episode. It brought tears to my eyes for all of us. For all humanity.
Vic Morrow was awesome in this show as well as a great director the rest of the cast couldn't be better the actors picked to play German roles were superb as well !! I loved everything about this show it was well written and directed I started watching it when I was like 7 years old 👍
Man, the writers of the Combat tv series were the epitome of excellent writing-- the plots, the human drama in spite of war-- simply magnificent to the highest degree.
what an outstanding episode, 47 minutes and 19, seconds of intense drama, i felt like i just watched an oscar winning film, it was that good. cant believe I'd never seen this show until now, and i grew up in the sixties.
I'm going through each season and of all the Combat episodes I watched as a kid, this is the only one that I can remember. It must have had a lasting impact on me. Combat at it's best.
Great episode. Pvt. Cane pulled off a miracle: a squad ringer, someone other than Cage, Kirby, Littlejohn, Doc (or, earlier, Nelson) who survived the episode. When the episode started, my first thought was to wonder how many minutes in he'd get killed. Outstanding directing by the late, great Vic Morrow.
What terrific episode. Those of you who've commented on Vic Morrow's directing skills have it exactly right, he's on par with Robert Altman - who's directed some of the best episodes of this series. Also, an exceptionally good story line.
Yes, among the masterpieces of American Television. There was Twlight Zone, Outer Limits, etc...Combat! was right among them too. Vic Morrow, as a director, had the sensitivity to make this happen.
'The Galaxy Being', which was the pilot episode of 'The Outer Limits' was the only TV show that ever scared me. Ironically, I ended up as a Broadcast Engineer, just like the main character's part in that episode.
Half a century and the show has lost none of its poignancy. It was moving when I was young and it is still moving as I have grown old. Where have the years gone? Where are the snows of yesteryear?
Though leaves are many, the root is one Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth. Yeats...
@@m42037 Yeah, but from what I heard the working conditions on set weren’t great, and a lot of the time it seemed like the cast vs the crew, so I bet when Rick was being directed by Vic, a friend, he probably put his best foot forward and felt more comfortable
Vic Morrow was simply wonderful. He was very talented and could have gone even further in Hollywood,if they had let him. The poor guy got screwed over big time. Why? He was a great actor! One of the best,in fact. A damn shame.
Absolutely the very best episode of an outstanding series. I remember watching it when it was first broadcast on network TV. I was 8 years old. William Smithers stole the show.
Americans + Germen collaborate to save a life ... what a story! Love and compassion, all else are castles just built in the air. One of the very best Combat episodes throughout the whole seasons.
Very very powerful . Since the mid 1960's many things have improved. However TV programing is not one of them. This program is so,,so,, much better than anything on TV today, it isn't even funny. I love this show. I remember watching it way back when it first came on in the early 1960's I enjoy watching them just as much today.
That is very true. Probably because the generation then just had more sense of pride in what they produced. Also many were ww2 vets or even older than the vets and were a part of that history. Today the garbage on TV is for the millenials and they buy any crap and think its good. Its called the dumbing down of America.
A deeply textured and brilliant story by A. Martin Zweiback, (teleplay by Edward J. Lakso), masterfully performed and sensitively directed by Vic Morrow.
During the battle of Dak To I drank a beer with a wounded North Vietnamese soldier. Strange as it sounds it happened. There are times when war brings out the humanity in those who are on opposite sides.
A round of applause is due to the baby,s mother , actress Lisa Pera, What a powerful performance. Very convincing as the grieving mother. who just want's the war to stop and save her baby.Google Lisa Pera, she doesn't have a long Resume of acting parts. Every show that was directed by Vic Morrow was "over the top."
My favorite part is the last scene, the two groups of guys marching off together. In a few minutes they'll be back to the business of killing each other. They've just experienced the horrors of war and I assume it makes them feel dirty, but you do what you have to do.
I've been looking at the comments, some of them are years old, but I totally agree with them. This Is not only a great episode, but Vic's directing is so good! Every one he does is excellent. "Hills Are For Heros" is a perfect example. It's a motion picture quality and level. Sure miss him and all of the guys on this show.
Vic Morrow was a superb director. Like Episode 18, "Losers Cry Deal", this episode "Cry in the Ruins", could be produced on a stage. William Smithers is great as the German lieutenant. John Crawford briefly as the German captain had a long acting history. The usual Combat players are always good. On to Episode 28.
This ranks right up on my top 10 most liked episodes, probably a 3 or a 4. Even without Vic Morrow, this was a good episode. But then again he directed it, good job.
Elsbeth Humphrey I Give It A 10 ! It Portrayed Such HUMANNESS! To Be Able To STOP Even Killing, Long Enough To Help Save The Life Of An Innocent Child!
The Rat Patrol lifted this storyline a couple of years later when a child had fallen down a well. And by coincidence there was no Lassie to save the child that time either but alas, both were saved:)
Absolutely first-rate...thanks to Vic Morrow. And YES-- Jason was SO MUCH BETTER under Vic's direction. Awesome opening battle sequence, with crane shots and exploding buildings. Morrow demanded this sort of spectacle and he GOT it. Unbelievable for a weekly TV show! Great drama-...almost like a ritualistic theater piece once the two squads begin working together, like a classic Greek tragedy that probes the human condition...cliched as it may sound. "Cry in the Ruins" stands alongside the greatest War dramas ever made. LR
Vic Morrow was a superior director in addition to being a great actor. He managed to pull a performance out of Rick Jason is rarely seen in other episodes.
Too bad his daughter, Jennifer Jason Leigh, basically disowned him from the time she was around 13. Pretty much took the mother's side in the divorce. What a shame.
@@doorswhofan considering she was 2 years old when her parents divorced. She probably wanted to get roles on her own rather than use her father's name and connections.
William Smithers who plays the German Lieutenant was also on the tv series Dallas and was also on one of the great Star Trek TOS episodes called "Bread and Circuses".
What the producers are accustomed to doing is using sets that are parts of the back lots of Universal or MGM. It's one of many cost_saving hacks that Hollywood has implemented over the years
Lisa Pera was beautiful. This was a good episode because it mimicked real life events like the Christmas Truce of 1914, with a bit of a Twilight Zone twist to make it interesting for television.
I recently read “Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949” by Siegfried Knappe. I highly recommend it. It really humanized the individual German soldier outside of what we see in the movies. Based on a wartime diary, he was a professional soldier/patriot doing the best he could for his country, just like men from other nations. Not a member of the Nazi Party, or fanatical fascist, just a soldier. GoldenWinger001 you are right a soldier follows commands or the army would fall apart.
This was one of the most dramatic and compassionate episodes I've seen thus far. I believe such a situation could have happened. What would you have done put in the same situation where a mother steps between a battle and pleads for the rescue of her baby. Both sides, despite the outcome, lowered their weapons to help the innocent. What humanity! Die another day.....
+Gary Wilder Why can't the world be more like this every day. It's not that damn hard to get along with most people. People aren't SO very different. We all laugh, cry, love, and die. War is so costly in terms of money and heartbreak. Peace and humanity cost nothing. It's a win/win situation.
hang3xc1 "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato, said that... "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come." Plato's Creator, said that in red letters... "There are none in the flesh, Who Mirror The Sacrificial Actions of The Author of Sacrifice Himself... Than those Sacrificial Actions made by The American Soldier." i. -Former Recondo Sgt. "Rock" 82nd Abn. 1/504 Inf. Div. 71-74 said that... We have the Honor to "Relieve the Oppressed" reckon i, said that too.
This is very similar to Rat Patrol season 2 episode 1 "The Truce at Aburah Raid" where again both side stop to save a child in a well and a German captain steps in to almost ruin everything.
Vic Morrow was rather gifted. He directed a lot of the best episodes of this show. He and Robert Altman (yes, that Robert Altman) may have directed the best of them, but they were all good.
In the battle of the Hurtgen Forest there was a large truce where the Germans and the Americans worked together to rescue wounded from both sides so I'm sure brief truces by small units did happen. There was also a documented truce on the eastern front, I believe during the battle of Stalingrad where both sides stopped fighting to listen to a violinist play a piece.
IDR the details but in one village that changed hands repeatedly, the medics from both sides set up in the same church regardless of which side "occupied" the building at the time.
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Every time I watch this show I always think to myself, this is one damn amazing show!!
Great episode. Halfway through I remembered there was no baby, but I continued to watch it. At almost 66 I still love the Combat series.
One of the most deeply moving, thoughtful episodes of any tv series I've seen. The fact that this disturbed woman was able to halt the two waring sides enough for them to see the other side as more than just faceless enemies if not for just a while.
Rat Patrol had a nearly identical story a few years later and managed to "wrap it up" in half the time.
A masterful dramatic episode directed by our Sarge Vic Morrow.This episode characterizes impeccably the stunning realities of war.
he also directed the pillbox...the human spirit and humanity is far bigger than prejudice...
This episode is one of the greatest. Vic Morrow did a superb job and all the actors we're great in this. To trust your enemy is the hardest thing. To be a human being and not a killing machine is a hard thing.
I absolutely love this series !! In my opinion one of the best series ever made and every episode is good !! Compared to today's garbage that is on tv this is far better imo !!
Vic Morrow was a wonderful Director, God Bless you Vic, R.I.P..
Wow what a powerful opening and episode with great dialogue, photography, acting and of course directing by Vic Morrow.
Damn, Vic still manages to outshines everyone even from behind the camera.
😍😍😍
his daughter Jennifer Jason Leigh Morrow was 3 years old in 1965
And she ultimately took her mother's side in the divorce and disowned him by the late 70s. She even refuses to carry his surname. What a shame. He deserved better. @@godngunclinger
Every aspect of this show was done superbly. Acting directing the production. ....the amount of explosions alone was incredible for tv. Combat was top shelf stuff and it stands the test of time. Magnificent.
The big explosions weren't shot for the show - they sometimes dub in WWII footage.
This one merits a salute ! It shows a bit of humanity under an intense period . This is what television used to be . I watched "combat" when it was aired , and it is still great , even in black and white . I person forgets about the age of this film because of the intensity of the story ! I entered the military in '68 thinking it was like the stories of "Combat" . I was very wrong !
In what way you were wrong?
One of my favorites - the look in the soldiers eyes when the mother is crying needs no spoken words. Excellent directing by Morrow and Lisa Pera was excellent.
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Definitely one of their TOP episodes. What a gut wrencher
This was a heartbreaker. Lisa Pera was awesome.
It showed the humanity in everyone. Vic Morrow is a treasure as an actor and a director. One of the comments was that Rick Jason was a better actor because VM directed. I agree. I love this show.
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IMO: one of the best pieces of work ever done for TV or movies. Directed by the late, great Vic MOrrow.
Incredible episode! What drama and twist of events! This was a masterpiece!
One of the best episodes. Vic should have been recognized more as a director.
Soldiers fight wars because of governments, but sometimes, on the battlefield, soldiers can find the humanity in each other. An excellent story, well written, filmed and directed. A good job well done by all and particularly the art of Vic Marrows craft and skill.
Sadly, this is something so overlooked in the politics of the world we know today.
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Amen to that. Politicians start wars and soldiers pay the price. In scarce poignant moments, the innate humanity of the fighting men shines through. Witness the Christmas truce -- decided on by the soldiers on both sides -- in WWI, brought to the screen in the movie "Joyeux Noël". A few miles from my home, there is a statue honoring a Confederate soldier who, during the night after the slaughter of Union troops assaulting Marye's Heights, made repeated trips in front of the Confederate lines to bring water to wounded Union soldiers. Through all of the violence and misery, soldiers can somehow retain their humanity. This episode is a wonderful illustration of such an instance.
Wonderful inspiring masterpiece! I'll never forget this episode
Levitt, Caffey, and Seligman did a great job on this sad episode. William Smithers the Nazi lieutenant has played many roles back during the 60s and is an outstanding actor. Really good episode of how war affects the human mind.
Deeper than pausing to try to find a baby. Much deeper. Right to the level of why and how men have always fought wars, forgetting (or maybe ignoring) our own humanity. Working together is most always the right way, when possible. I find it hard to verbalize the true meaning but I felt it several times during this episode. It brought tears to my eyes for all of us. For all humanity.
Well said.
Wow, directed by Vic, what a testament to him! RIP What a talent
Vic Morrow was awesome in this show as well as a great director the rest of the cast couldn't be better the actors picked to play German roles were superb as well !! I loved everything about this show it was well written and directed I started watching it when I was like 7 years old 👍
Man, the writers of the Combat tv series were the epitome of excellent writing-- the plots, the human drama in spite of war-- simply magnificent to the highest degree.
what an outstanding episode, 47 minutes and 19, seconds of intense drama, i felt like i just watched an oscar winning film, it was that good. cant believe I'd never seen this show until now, and i grew up in the sixties.
A great episode and fine work by Vic Morrow! All his direction was excellent and he was a true credit to his profession. Great to see these on utube!
I'm going through each season and of all the Combat episodes I watched as a kid, this is the only one that I can remember. It must have had a lasting impact on me. Combat at it's best.
Same here man.
Same here!
Great episode. Pvt. Cane pulled off a miracle: a squad ringer, someone other than Cage, Kirby, Littlejohn, Doc (or, earlier, Nelson) who survived the episode. When the episode started, my first thought was to wonder how many minutes in he'd get killed. Outstanding directing by the late, great Vic Morrow.
Today, October 16, 2019, Rick Jason took his own life 19 years ago.
Rest in peace, my dear Rick.
@Dencil Dean Rick Jason was an actor in Combat series, as Lt. Hanley. Sorry my english.
Outstanding life lessons here! I hadn't realized that Mr. Morrow was such a philosopher!
He didnt write it..he directed, and well too!
Oof! I love the whole series but this one . . . Ohmygosh! So . . . Good, really excellent and what a tear jerker
I suggest you go watch "Little Carousel" also directed by Vic Morrow. It's a tie with this one
What terrific episode. Those of you who've commented on Vic Morrow's directing skills have it exactly right, he's on par with Robert Altman - who's directed some of the best episodes of this series. Also, an exceptionally good story line.
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Certainly one of the more interesting story lines I have seen for this show yet.
Yes, among the masterpieces of American Television. There was Twlight Zone, Outer Limits, etc...Combat! was right among them too. Vic Morrow, as a director, had the sensitivity to make this happen.
'The Galaxy Being', which was the pilot episode of 'The Outer Limits' was the only TV show that ever scared me. Ironically, I ended up as a Broadcast Engineer, just like the main character's part in that episode.
Twelve O'clock High.
Half a century and the show has lost none of its poignancy. It was moving when I was young and it is still moving as I have grown old. Where have the years gone? Where are the snows of yesteryear?
Though leaves are many, the root is one
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun
Now I may wither into the truth.
Yeats...
The Snows of Yesteryear melt away
Pulled by Time's Gravity
Down to the eternal Sea
Interesting how much Rick Jason's acting abilities improve when Vic Morrow is directing!
Rick was a actor before Vic.
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Yeah, but from what I heard the working conditions on set weren’t great, and a lot of the time it seemed like the cast vs the crew, so I bet when Rick was being directed by Vic, a friend, he probably put his best foot forward and felt more comfortable
@@alexisjordan9055 This Episode is DEEP! Am I the ONLY one that notices the Dates in the Comments Section and Wonder if that person is STILL Alive????
Vic Morrow was simply wonderful. He was very talented and could have gone even further in Hollywood,if they had let him. The poor guy got screwed over big time.
Why? He was a great actor! One of the best,in fact. A damn shame.
I saw this as a child and never forgot this haunting and tragic story.
I think it was really smart of them to use actual footage of the war in this show.
The level of writing these kinds of episodes requires mastering the art of words and Vic did it in such a short time!🌟💯
Absolutely the very best episode of an outstanding series. I remember watching it when it was first broadcast on network TV. I was 8 years old. William Smithers stole the show.
Vic Morrow does a great job as director in this episode, bringing the insight only someone who served in the war could have.
Of all the episodes this is the one that comes first in my memory of the series. 60 years after first seeing it.
Americans + Germen collaborate to save a life ... what a story! Love and compassion, all else are castles just built in the air. One of the very best Combat episodes throughout the whole seasons.
The camera work and lighting were some of the best in black and white that I've seen.
Very very powerful . Since the mid 1960's many things have improved. However TV programing is not one of them. This program is so,,so,, much better than anything on TV today, it isn't even funny. I love this show. I remember watching it way back when it first came on in the early 1960's I enjoy watching them just as much today.
That is very true. Probably because the generation then just had more sense of pride in what they produced. Also many were ww2 vets or even older than the vets and were a part of that history. Today the garbage on TV is for the millenials and they buy any crap and think its good. Its called the dumbing down of America.
@@matrox sad but true!!!
Vic Morrow what a director.
Very smart, very deep!!!😍😍😍
A deeply textured and brilliant story by A. Martin Zweiback, (teleplay by Edward J. Lakso), masterfully performed and sensitively directed by Vic Morrow.
This is so cool that they stopped fighting to helped a baby. That really touches me.
During the battle of Dak To I drank a beer with a wounded North Vietnamese soldier.
Strange as it sounds it happened.
There are times when war brings out the humanity in those who are on opposite sides.
A round of applause is due to the baby,s mother , actress Lisa Pera, What a powerful performance. Very convincing as the grieving mother. who just want's the war to stop and save her baby.Google Lisa Pera, she doesn't have a long Resume of acting parts. Every show that was directed by Vic Morrow was "over the top."
My favorite part is the last scene, the two groups of guys marching off together. In a few minutes they'll be back to the business of killing each other. They've just experienced the horrors of war and I assume it makes them feel dirty, but you do what you have to do.
Great episode. Great insight by Vic Morrow reminding us all of the terrible "collateral damage"incurred during WWII
I've been looking at the comments, some of them are years old, but I totally agree with them. This Is not only a great episode, but Vic's directing is so good! Every one he does is excellent. "Hills Are For Heros" is a perfect example. It's a motion picture quality and level.
Sure miss him and all of the guys on this show.
Vic Morrow was a superb director. Like Episode 18, "Losers Cry Deal", this episode "Cry in the Ruins", could be produced on a stage. William Smithers is great as the German lieutenant. John Crawford briefly as the German captain had a long acting history. The usual Combat players are always good. On to Episode 28.
I thought Smithers looked familiar. Just saw him on an original Star Trek episode, Bread and Circuses. He will be 93 this year.
Vic was the best at his career!!! Still very much missed!!!
This was such a moving episode.
Great directing from vic morrow and a very poignant episode of a truly wonderful series
Great! Great! Great episode!! Another one for the collection ¨The Very Best of Combat!¨ Another one directed by the unforgettable Vic Morrow!!!
A MASTERPIECE!
This ranks right up on my top 10 most liked episodes, probably a 3 or a 4. Even without Vic Morrow, this was a good episode. But then again he directed it, good job.
Elsbeth Humphrey I Give It A 10 ! It Portrayed Such HUMANNESS! To Be Able To STOP Even Killing, Long Enough To Help Save The Life Of An Innocent Child!
One can always tell when Vic's hand was in it!!!!
Excellent episode. Shows the terrible tragedy of war. These are just soldiers attempting to do the right thing.
excellent writing and directing way ahead of their times beautiful message
The Rat Patrol lifted this storyline a couple of years later when a child had fallen down a well. And by coincidence there was no Lassie to save the child that time either but alas, both were saved:)
I made a similar comment, before seeing yours! Yes, some episodes have similar plots.
Absolutely first-rate...thanks to Vic Morrow. And YES-- Jason was SO MUCH BETTER under Vic's direction. Awesome opening battle sequence, with crane shots and exploding buildings. Morrow demanded this sort of spectacle and he GOT it. Unbelievable for a weekly TV show!
Great drama-...almost like a ritualistic theater piece once the two squads begin working together, like a classic Greek tragedy that probes the human condition...cliched as it may sound. "Cry in the Ruins" stands alongside the greatest War dramas ever made. LR
Beautiful actress Lisa Pera gives a powerful performance in this episode as the grieving mother credited as "Madame DuBois".👏👏👏
The best one in all three years of the series.
Very fine Directing by Morrow. Second favorite behind " The Little Carousel."
Peace.
I rank both at the top along with "Hills are for Heroes," but I think "The Little Carousel" is the best ever.
Absolutely agree.
agreed
Yeah totally agree
@@kimrainbird4449 Have you seen *"One Step Beyond"* TV Series 1959-1961
Vic Morrow was a superior director in addition to being a great actor. He managed to pull a performance out of Rick Jason is rarely seen in other episodes.
I saw a lot of movies with Vic Morrow he was a great actor and family man.
Too bad his daughter, Jennifer Jason Leigh, basically disowned him from the time she was around 13. Pretty much took the mother's side in the divorce. What a shame.
@@doorswhofan considering she was 2 years old when her parents divorced. She probably wanted to get roles on her own rather than use her father's name and connections.
@@triciajohansen3027 Maybe, but misses the point entirely.
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First episode where the humanity of the German soldiers was shown. Well done all around.
Kirby passed away this week. Rip. You sure made us viewers smile.
Dang, that was a kick ass episode!
This nation is so far removed from God nowadays we haven't the acting and intellectual abilities to make such a masterpiece as Cry In The Ruins.
Vic Morrow's superb close up shots tell this tale of humanity over the evils of war.
William Smithers who plays the German Lieutenant was also on the tv series Dallas and was also on one of the great Star Trek TOS episodes called "Bread and Circuses".
one of the best episodes. love it :)
This was Lisa Peras TV acting debut.
Great.El horror de la guerra.😱💔👀
And there was peace for a moment. One of my daughters died in my arms. I pray for peace.
Vic Morrow American badass playing Sergeant saunders and also directing this episode what a legend
Very good acting on the part of the woman. She had me believing it. And I can usually see through BS.
saw her yesterday on "The amateur" (Mission Impossible)
That town has appeared in so many episodes I believe that I could draw a map of it by now LOL
I was thinking the same thing..That town should be blown off the map by now...LOL BUT back then I didn't notice it as much..
What the producers are accustomed to doing is using sets that are parts of the back lots of Universal or MGM. It's one of many cost_saving hacks that Hollywood has implemented over the years
Yea I know. In saving private Ryan.
Lisa Pera was beautiful. This was a good episode because it mimicked real life events like the Christmas Truce of 1914, with a bit of a Twilight Zone twist to make it interesting for television.
William Smithers was also in a star trek episode called Bread and Circuses. He played Kirk's friend Captain Merik. Great episode!
Oh yea, that was the episode where the planet's society was modeled after the Roman Empire. Except it was modern version of the Roman Empire.
I recently read “Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949” by Siegfried Knappe.
I highly recommend it. It really humanized the individual German soldier outside of what we see in the movies.
Based on a wartime diary, he was a professional soldier/patriot doing the best he could for his country, just like men from other nations. Not a member of the Nazi Party, or fanatical fascist, just a soldier.
GoldenWinger001 you are right a soldier follows commands or the army would fall apart.
Outstanding script & well played.
What a heart felt ending! Don't doubt a similar situation like this one happened during the war. We all have compassion deep inside.
Excellent episode
How great is this episode.
If you find yourself saying, "let's move out", instead of "let's go." It means you've been watching too many episodes of Combat.
Copy that, out
Or..saddle up
@@wadeadams2775 What about "hustle up"? "Upham! Hustle up!!"
WOW!
That was Deep.....
This was one of the most dramatic and compassionate episodes I've seen thus far. I believe such a situation could have happened. What would you have done put in the same situation where a mother steps between a battle and pleads for the rescue of her baby. Both sides, despite the outcome, lowered their weapons to help the innocent. What humanity! Die another day.....
+Gary Wilder Why can't the world be more like this every day. It's not that damn hard to get along with most people. People aren't SO very different. We all laugh, cry, love, and die. War is so costly in terms of money and heartbreak. Peace and humanity cost nothing. It's a win/win situation.
hang3xc1 "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato, said that...
"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come."
Plato's Creator, said that in red letters...
"There are none in the flesh, Who Mirror The Sacrificial Actions of The Author of Sacrifice Himself... Than those Sacrificial Actions made by The American Soldier." i. -Former Recondo Sgt. "Rock" 82nd Abn. 1/504 Inf. Div. 71-74 said that...
We have the Honor to "Relieve the Oppressed" reckon i, said that too.
This one was sad, but saddest episode is The Little Carousel. The most Dramatic is Losers Cry Deal.
This is very similar to Rat Patrol season 2 episode 1 "The Truce at Aburah Raid" where again both side stop to save a child in a well and a German captain steps in to almost ruin everything.
I found "The Pillbox" to be very dramatic, the haunting cries when Lt tries to walk away.
Vic Morrow was rather gifted. He directed a lot of the best episodes of this show. He and Robert Altman (yes, that Robert Altman) may have directed the best of them, but they were all good.
Why can't they write good tv shows like this anymore?
Jim Tan because all the good actors are dead.
They are there, on a different level because humanity is that much more ugly; our "modern times" reflect that, in that loathed, monstrous mirror.
Because there are no good writers left in Hollywood.
No one will pay people to write and produce content of this caliber anymore. That’s why we now have shit like reality TV, talent shows, and so on.
Too worried about Politically Correct and Woke crap to worry about writing authentic scripts.
Best one yet out of all of them!
Very sad episode, Vic Morrow awesone directing RIP
In the battle of the Hurtgen Forest there was a large truce where the Germans and the Americans worked together to rescue wounded from both sides so I'm sure brief truces by small units did happen. There was also a documented truce on the eastern front, I believe during the battle of Stalingrad where both sides stopped fighting to listen to a violinist play a piece.
There were frequent truces during WWI after battles for burying the dead.
IDR the details but in one village that changed hands repeatedly, the medics from both sides set up in the same church regardless of which side "occupied" the building at the time.
They don't put this kind of stuff on TV anymore. Too bad...
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Superbly done and very similar to the storyline in an episode of Rat Patrol. I have noticed this in several of the episode in the series.
Great story thanks for posting!!