"BOTH SMARTER AND MORE COMPELLING THAN ANYTHING BY HOLLYWOOD'S A-LIST IN A LONG TIME" - NEW YORK SUN
The winner of numerous international film awards, including Best Film and Best Director at the Milan International Film Festival, director Ari Taub's critically acclaimed World War II epic, THE FALLEN, is a war film with a difference, one that has already been hailed by Time Out as "remarkable", by LA Weekly as "excellent" and by New York's The Reeler as "even better than Saving Private Ryan".
While graphically depicting the horrific spectacle of the conflict, Taub's film also focuses on the human stories and through strong characterisation brilliantly portrays the divergence in values, morals and patriotism between the differing nationalities involved in the war, while at the same time exploring the basic similarities of the people caught up in an unforgiving situation.
Set in Northern Italy toward the end of World War II, THE FALLEN recounts the everyday wartime experience as seen through the eyes of three small groups of soldiers: the United States Quartermaster Brigade of the 5th Army, an Italian reconnaissance unit from the Monte Rosa Division, and the ill-fated German 362nd Unit along with its ragtag bunch of Italian partners.
A timeless and moving tale of humanity that proves there are several sides to every war story, THE FALLEN is an exceptional film that demands to be seen.
THE FALLEN (cert. 15) will be released on DVD (£12.99) by Scanbox Entertainment on 30th July 2007.
