Kings Go Forth

original title:
Kings Go Forth
other titles:
(Rivalen)
country / year of production:
USA / 1957 (x)
original length:
109 min. , black/white
premiere:
28 June 1958
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Joe David Brown. Kings Go Forth. New York: Morrow, 1956.
director:
Delmer Daves
film script:
Joe David Brown , Merle Miller
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editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Frank Sinatra , Tony Curtis , Natalie Wood
more:
plot synopsis:
The film takes place during the invasion in France in World War II and deals with two friends, who fall apart because of a French woman they both love. But at this point of the story they don't know, that she is black. Unrealistic film about war, love and racial conflicts.
keywords:
invasion , comradeship , women during wartime , racism , behind enemy lines , civilians
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Was filmed at the French Mediterranean coast.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD