Product Details

• Actors: Thomas Pohn, Fabio Sartor, John McVay
• Directors: Ari Taub
• Writers: Nick Day, Caio Ribeiro
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: The Fallen Inc.
• DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EBGFQS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,205 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Fallen" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good for a low budget movie, June 6, 2006

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T. Roll - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fallen (DVD)

The Fallen was very good for a low budget movie. It focuses on the
fragile relationship between an Italian unit and German Unit on the
Gothic Line. It is a little confusing to follow the plot in the
beginning but once the movie got going I could not walk away from it.
The equipment and uniforms were correct and the acting was very good
(For the struggling actors in this movie they really put there all
into it. Watch the making of the fallen, none of the actors are not
professionals so they have regular jobs. One actor is even a
professional dog walker in real life and another works in a deli. The
acting they do in this movie is definitely on a professional caliber).
The fallen is a definite must see.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A "goal" to far ???, November 14, 2007

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Wjh Bakers - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fallen (DVD)

First of all I'm from the Netherlands wich sets me in a different perpective than the American viewer. Holland was invaded during WW2 and a lot of hatred toward the former "enemy" still excists. Second I'm a re-enactor portraying a common german soldier of the Wehrmacht. As an re-enactor I tend to look different to warmovies than the average viewer. I can see the difference between early and late type uniforms both German and Allied. I know what kind of material was used during the different stages of the war both German and Allied. This film tries very hard to show the real "life" of the common soldier during this war. Occasionnaly it succeeds in this effort, but on the other hand it sometimes misses the point. The fighting between the German and Italian soldiers should be explained. Not very much people know that the Germans concidered the Italians as second rate troops. The scenes between the German and Italian officer could be used to enlighten this but they fail to do so. The very last scene is a bit of a dissapointment, all that smoke coming from the Lieutenants uniform when he collapses after beeing shot. Its not realistic. Some of the scenes are just there and there is no beginning and no end. I miss the point completely why they are there. The scene with the American scoutcar is such a scene. What trhe heck were those Italian machinegunners thinking when they openend up fire on that thing. Why did,nt they send for help? Also the scene with the German halftrack is one big questionmark. The scene with the attack on the convoy is terrible. I've never seen that many factoryfresh, clean and undamaged vehicles without dust or bulletmarks during that stage of the war. One moment you see a gang of awkward Italian bandits plundering this convoy the other moment, out of nowhere the might of the German Army pops up and there is not a shot fired. Hardly the common German tactic when they encountered a group of Partisans who just massacerd a friendly convoy. In the real war they would have shoot first and ask the questions later. I also fail to see why it took so many years to "shoot" this film. My opinion about the film is that the makers tried to make a movie that has a mix of "Saving Private Ryan" and "Cross of Iron" but they somehow lose it in amateuristic filming. I know it was a low budget film and it has a different style of showing things and I can tell the makers put in a lot of efford to show the life of a common soldier but it sadly turns out to be a victim of that same low budget.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very ambtious indy film, April 3, 2007

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Jeffery E. Blascyk "the Shamrock kid" (Somewhere in Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fallen (DVD)

the Fallen is a film I never thought could be made, a WW 2 independent film. A small budget period war movie? Exactly, but this one had high hopes and was very ambitious without trying to be an action driven film. The problems with this film wasn't the production or the look of the film. The Idea was pretty cool, a story told from three different perspectives. One told from the Germans, one told from the American side and one told from the Italian side, and you can add another side which was the Italians that fought on the side of the Germans.

I liked the concept and how the actors spoke in their native tongue. All these things would have worked better if the characters were a bit more fleshed out. In any war film you know someone is going to get shot, blown up before it's all said and done. When you don't really care or feel connected to any of the characters than your really not going to get the full war movie experience. The story was paced slow with brief moments of action which I'm sure had to do with the small budget. With a war film you really want it hardcore, gritty, and real; this one was none of the above. Nothing real resonated in this film and you knew you were watching a film and actors the entire time.

There were some nice shots and directing, the uniforms and setting was spot on for the Italian countryside and everything looked like it came from that era. The film makers did a wonderful job in that aspect. The movie was trying to say something and give all the sides but didn't focus enough on the real meat of any of these stories for me to get emotional invested in this film. It's a nice film for a small independent feature and did well at some film festivals. Looking at this on a broader scale it just won't hold up to many, many other well made war films. I salute the director for his ambitious attempt at something different, i wish i would have like it more.