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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 816465" data-attributes="member: 31608"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II:_When_Lions_Roared" target="_blank">WWII: When Lions Roared</a>This is, in my opinion, a phenomenal movie. It charts the course of three of the most important leaders of WW2 from the 1939 invasion of Poland to the 1943 Tehran Conference. Arbitrary dates they are not; these are perhaps some of the most definitive dates that have defined the last century or so.Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin - played by John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, and Michael Caine, respectively, I cannot speak highly enough of the performances turned in by these three actors - especially Hoskins and Caine. I didn&#039;t recognize Caine until I looked the movie up on IMDB; Hoskins is stunning when interwoven with historical footage.This movie is all about the diplomacy behind the scenes, and how the different leaders had to balance their relationships with each other relative to their commitments to the war. It&#039;s uncanny at times how I had to shake myself aware that I was watching a film, and not historical cutscenes.Of particular interest is how Roosevelt balanced the interest of the U.S. before Pearl Harbor with that of his desire to help the U.K. as much as possible; another angle that I found very interesting was how Britain much desired to help the Soviet Union after Germany invaded, except that they (meaning the U.K.) had planned for them (the Soviet Union) to enter the war on the German side.It&#039;s a global chess match, and it is a good watch; it&#039;s a tough film to find, but well worth the effort. I wouldn&#039;t pay a hundred bucks for it, but for a history buff, it is perhaps worth considering a cool fifty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 816465, member: 31608"] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II:_When_Lions_Roared"]WWII: When Lions Roared[/URL] This is, in my opinion, a phenomenal movie. It charts the course of three of the most important leaders of WW2 from the 1939 invasion of Poland to the 1943 Tehran Conference. Arbitrary dates they are not; these are perhaps some of the most definitive dates that have defined the last century or so. Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin - played by John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, and Michael Caine, respectively, I cannot speak highly enough of the performances turned in by these three actors - especially Hoskins and Caine. I didn't recognize Caine until I looked the movie up on IMDB; Hoskins is stunning when interwoven with historical footage. This movie is all about the diplomacy behind the scenes, and how the different leaders had to balance their relationships with each other relative to their commitments to the war. It's uncanny at times how I had to shake myself aware that I was watching a film, and not historical cutscenes. Of particular interest is how Roosevelt balanced the interest of the U.S. before Pearl Harbor with that of his desire to help the U.K. as much as possible; another angle that I found very interesting was how Britain much desired to help the Soviet Union after Germany invaded, except that they (meaning the U.K.) had planned for them (the Soviet Union) to enter the war on the German side. It's a global chess match, and it is a good watch; it's a tough film to find, but well worth the effort. I wouldn't pay a hundred bucks for it, but for a history buff, it is perhaps worth considering a cool fifty. [/QUOTE]

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