In the courtyard of the castle there is an anti-aircraft gun. You could probably not find a worse place for a gun like that even if you tried (except maybe if you put it inside, in a windowless room). In the position it is placed it can only fire at targets directly ABOVE the castle. What you want to do is fire at targets BEFORE they reach the castle. It would be better if they placed it on the roof, or even near the village below. See more...
The idea of helicopters was not necessarily new in WW2, but effective designs were not made until after the war; there is evidence from some literary sources (one of them being a book named "German Secret Weapons of WW2" or something like that) that the Germans did indeed conduct experiments and designs on this vehicle type. See more...
starring Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton (add more)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
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When Schaffer starts to rappel down the castle, he has no gloves on. The very next shot shows him with grey wool gloves, then no gloves again when he reaches the bottom. [I've just watched the film and Schaffer wears the grey gloves all the way down. If you look closely (just before he goes out of the window), he rummages in his pockets for the gloves and puts them on.]
When the heroes have jumped off the cable car into the water, they climb out and run for cover. As they are running they pass a large window and you can clearly see the camera crew reflected in it. [I've just watched the film. Once out of the water, "our heroes" are seen (briefly) from above and then from behind. At no point do they pass a large window.]
Just before they all jump out of the cable car, Smith takes two lit light bulbs out of the ceiling of the cable car with his bare hands. In real life, his hands would have been burned [These bulbs will certainly be lower power than your average house light and will be less hot. Plus his life is at risk and burned hands seem a small price to pay to remain alive.]
When Schaffer is creeping up behind the German radio operator in the castle in an attempt to stab him with the knife he's holding, his boot squeeks which in turn alerts the operator to his presence, resulting in him pushing the alarm button. Schaffer then shoots him with a pistol attached with a silencer. Rather than risk being heard, why didn't Schaffer shoot the operator as soon as he entered the room? No-one would have heard the shot because of the silencer. [The scene is completely realistic. A silenced pistol still makes a loud 'sput.' sound which can be audible for some distance, especially indoors. Killing the man with a knife is a far better option, but things just didn't work out that way .]
The SS colonel is talking to Maria about Düsseldorf and about which side of "zhe zquare" the cathedral is located. There is no cathedral in Düsseldorf! [He knows this. He suspects Maria is a spy and is trying to catch her in a mistake.]
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