"At each road intersection Billy's group was joined by more Americans with their hands on top of their haloed heads. Billy had smiles for them all"

A 5 minute masterpiece.

5:10 Old man: "Glauben Sie, dass Krieg ein Witz ist... zwei Söhne, zwei Söhne habe ich im Krieg verloren" (Do you think war is a joke... two sons, I lost two sons in the war)😪

I was captivated by Bach and Gould in this movie!

One my favorite scenes in the film, and l do not know why. Perhaps is the young inexperienced soldiers, boys really, stumbling over themselves comically, when the German Army was so notable for its marching ability. It is clear, the nation is scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel late in the war. Perhaps it is the strange juxtaposition of the marvelous music set against the grim backdrop of war. I love the way the camera pans upward as they march past the "DRESDEN" sign. The music shifts to a minor key as if to let you know you are looking at a doomed city. 😮

This was one of the best parts of the movie very well done!

Breathtaking filmaking!!!

The art direction is incredible for 1972. The uniforms are authentic. The director could have easily used formidable guards for dramatic effect but realistically used old men and young boys.

Powerful sequence, especially when the children start walking along with the POWs. Haunting.

Thanks 😊 for uploading Good movie 🎥 Saw it a long time ago back in the 1990s

The old (Kommendant) also played the Maori harpooner in the 1950`s movie Moby Dick

I'd know that piano player anywhere. You can always tell it's Gould by the clarity.

Prague, my hometown

Magnificent...

That damn music!

A brilliant and mesmerising encapsulation of elation at the surreal mixture of baroque splendour and shear absurdity and destructive madness of war. A moment of a very Germanic version of "MASH". Enveloped in a slowly emerging apprehension of an ever faster approaching doom, hinted at by the snap back into reality, as the elderly veteran slaps Bily Pilgrim's face in anger and outrage. Love andrea

It is ALL Prague in real !

As most know, the movie is an adaptation and not very true to the book. Also well-known is that Vonnegut himself praised the film anyway because George Roy Hill precisely got across the important points and atmosphere he expresses in the book. Somehow and strangely, several critics disagreed with Vonnegut and his positive take! Absurd? Yes, but explainable. The book explores deeper aspects beyond the dark humor and sarcasm of Vonnegut's philosophy. I'm still with Vonnegut though, the movie is good and represents Slaughterhouse Five well.

Vonnegut has said he was beaten by his captors when they learned he spoke German.

2.10. that clearly is not Dresden, but Prague. :) The last big city in Europe not destroyed in WW2.

Have enjoyed this movie whenever I've seen it. Don't remember if I read the book or not.

What version of the brandenburg concerto no. 4 is this I can’t find any other version with the organ

"Ist Bach, ja?" "Na, ist Mozart!"

Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major III. Allegro assai

Bach, yes, but can anyone identify this particular piece ?

What is the Harpsichord sequence called that starts from 2:16? Or is it the same song the whole sequence? (If so, what is it called hehe)

Does anyone know what the old German man that struck Billy said?

Where is the movie complete online? please

SLAP ! ' Glauben sie das der Krieg ein Witz ist?"

What is the old man saying after he slaps Billy Pilgrims face?

What does the German old man says after he slaps the American soldier? Anyone knows??

Soviet/russian movie 1972 about WWII, trailer ("Battle of local importance", war drama). Sergeant Major Vaskov is unexpectedly assigned a group of young female anti-aircraft gunners in a railway station far from the front line. During an air raid, one of the girls, Margaret, shoots down an enemy aircraft and is decorated for her deed. Sergeant Major Vaskov chooses five volunteers: Margaret, Eugenia, Elizabeth, Galyna and Sophia, to embark with him on a mission to eliminate, only there are sixteen German paratroopers instead of two. Vaskov sends Elizabeth back to base for reinforcements.Sophia is killed by a knife and Galyna is shot and dies immediately from her wounds. Vaskov, to create a diversion, leads the Germans away from the remaining two girls. Vaskov is shot in the arm but manages to escape from the Germans. During a prolonged battle, Margaret is injured by shrapnel from a grenade and tells Eugenia to leave her. Realizing that they are cornered, Eugenia disobeys Vaskov's orders to cover them and instead taunts and lures the Germans away through the forest, as Vaskov did earlier and is killed. Vaskov stays with Margaret against her wishes to treat her wounds and promises to take her back to base. After kissing her at her request, he leaves to find a way out, giving her the revolver but soon comes back to find that Margaret has shot herself. The desperate Vaskov, by stabbing a soldier, shooting another and bluffing with the grenade, he captures a submachine gun. The rest of the women of the regiment, who have come to rescue the group, find Vaskov before he passes out from exhaustion. Thirty years after the war ends, Vaskov visits be Margaret's son. They are at a memorial for the five female soldiers that died. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZiajMabrdrbh4k.html

Which town was this filmed in? Is it Lubeck?

At the end, an old man slaps Pilgrim. He is wearing the iron cross. I suppose it was given to him because his son was killed in battle since he is too old to have been a soldier. Is my assumption correct?