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The Desert Fox

James Mason (Actor), Cedric Hardwicke (Actor), Henry Hathaway (Director) Rated:

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Field Marshal Rommel leads his tanks and joins a doctor's plot to kill Hitler. Directed by Henry Hathaway.

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What a difference a few years can make. The Desert Fox, released six years after the end of World War II, is a solemnly respectful tribute to Erwin Rommel, Germany's most celebrated military genius. James Mason's portrayal of this gallant warrior became a highlight of his career iconography. The film itself is oddly disjointed: a precredit commando raid to liquidate Rommel is followed by a flashback to the field-marshal's lightning successes commanding the Afrika Korps—-a compressed account via documentary footage and copious narration (spoken by Michael Rennie, who also dubs Desmond Young, the Rommel biographer and onetime British POW appearing briefly as himself). The dramatic core is Rommel's growing disenchantment with Hitler (Luther Adler), his involvement in the plot to assassinate der Führer, and his subsequent martyrdom. Mason's Rommel returned two years later for a flamboyant, mostly German-speaking cameo in The Desert Rats, a prequel focusing on the battle for Tobruk. --Richard T. Jameson

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Actors: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane
Directors: Henry Hathaway
Writers: Desmond Young, Nunnally Johnson
Producers: Nunnally Johnson
Format: Multiple Formats, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), French (Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
Run Time: 88 minutes
Average Customer Review: 208 customer reviews
ASIN: B00008AOTO
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,718 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #556 in Movies & TV > DVD > Military & War
- #3073 in Movies & TV > DVD > Action & Adventure
- #6102 in Movies & TV > DVD > Drama

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A piece of history and a fascinating piece too.

ByRussell Son February 6, 2015

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From 1951, we have a wonderful mix of documentary style and acting. this is the story of Erwin Rommel, the Nazi tank commander of North Africa. This story is told by someone who met him, albeit, briefly and wanted to know more after the war. What follows looks to be a very accurate account and also a very scary one. As history tells up it just took too long for Rommel to realize what a maniac his leader was. Definitely worth watching and the performances by all especially James Mason are superb.

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DVD features a nice transfer of a great film

ByShirley Lawingon August 3, 2017

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I recently saw an advance review copy of the DVD "The Desert Fox" and I was surprised at the nice quality of the transfer of what is an exceptional movie. Based on the exploits of the famed German general Erwin Rommel the DVD has a crisp clean transfer. Included on this disc is the original theatrical trailer which remarkably, considering it's age, is also reproduced here in relatively good condition.
Considering it's low price this addition to the Fox War Classics catalog is easy to recommend.

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Worth the money I paid.

ByAndreaon August 3, 2014

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When judging movies of this period and the time they were produced, I essentially look for three things:
A, Did it keep my attention? Answer: Yes
B, Did I like the actors/acting, lines/dialogue, action scenes? Answer: For the most part, yes
C, Is it just another "Rah, rah!" film of the period? Meaning, is it mostly how we 'supposedly' won the war? Propaganda BS movie? Answer, not really and it told the story, at least for the most part in a short way, about Rommel. It wasn't really in depth and it didn't really tell about his thinking and actual trials of being a general in Hitler's war machine. It touched on some of the issues but not like a book on the subject would.
Overall, I like the film and love James Mason, so it rates a four star rank as far as old war films go.

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You can't go wrong here

ByBrian Lee Harton August 27, 2017

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James Mason portrays the part of German General Rommel. It is well done you will enjoy it
Rommel was probably the best of the German's Brilliant Leaders

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But James Mason makes this a great movie.

ByEdward Mayon July 20, 2017

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A little light on his military career and a little too heavy on his personal life.
But James Mason makes this a great movie.

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The Desert Fox

ByBwhamion April 25, 2014

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James Mason is Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. The movie is too short and jumps around a bit. The film is narrated by Michael Rennie, who some might remember from the movie "The day the Earth Stood Still". For it's day the movie included many of the great English actors of the 50's. Watch for actor Richard Boon is a German officer who is Rommel's personal assistant, he has a few lines but does a get some screen time. Luther Adler, a Jewish American actor does a passable job as Hitler. It is sort of a dramatic documentary and the Author of the Book, Lt. Col. Desmond Young, plays himself, but is voiced by Michael Rennie. If you like WWII movies and want to see the German side of things, own this movie.

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Five Stars

ByRodney Wiedrickon August 9, 2017

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The movie was exactly as described in the description.

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ByRobert Pattersonon September 4, 2017

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Great Movie. Love old movies like this one.

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