Can you name this film for me?

[Billy Balfour]

The film is set in Austria just after WW2. The plot revolves around a British army officer and a murder - I think a British solider is murdered. The person who killed the solider is a Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS mountain trooper who is mentally ill and still thinks the war is going on.

I remember my dad renting it years ago, on VHS, when I was a kid. Can anyone name the film for me?

[Jakubclaret]

I've watched lots of WW2 films the plot doesn't ring any bells, was it a colour film or a black & white if you can remember? I wouldn't mind watching it myself I keep looking out for war films I haven't seen.

[FactualFrank]

The film is set in Austria just after WW2. The plot revolves around a British army officer and a murder - I think a British solider is murdered. The person who killed the solider is a Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS mountain trooper who is mentally ill and still thinks the war is going on.

I remember my dad renting it years ago, on VHS, when I was a kid. Can anyone name the film for me?

Was it about the battle for castle Itter?

[Billy Balfour]

It was in colour and made in the 1980s or early 1990s. I've tried Google etc, but can't find it. It's basically about a British Army officer in a small post-war Austrian (Tyrol) town/village. A British solider is killed. There's a Nazi doctor who tries to use surgery to hide the identity of the young Wehrmacht/Waffen-SS mountain trooper who killed the British solider. The mentally ill solider has made his way back to his Tyrolean town/village from the East.

It's years since I watched the film - so I'm really racking my brains here and I may have got some of this wrong, but there was a murder and the ill soldier is hiding from the British Occupation Force.

[Billy Balfour]

Was it about the battle for castle Itter?

No, Frank. Cheers anyway.

[bfccrazy]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... 1950–1989)

Have a look through here

[Tribesmen]

Good luck Billy i hope you find it

[Billy Balfour]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... 1950–1989)

Have a look through here

It's not there. Unfortunately. Cheers anway.

[Billy Balfour]

Good luck Billy i hope you find it

Thanks. I'll keep looking. I'm usually pretty good when it comes to finding stuff on Google.

[gtclaret]

I am at work at the moment, when I get back I will ask my film buff friend, if she doesn't know, then the film didn't exist

[Billy Balfour]

Cheers, Gt.

[cheeseon]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor ... in_Austria" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Try this?

[Billy Balfour]

Yeah thanks, I went through it last night. I'm beginning to think I dreamt this. I really do remember the film, though.

[tim_noone]

Will there be an happy ending to this film...

[Billy Balfour]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor ... in_Austria

Try this?

I've got it! Many thanks for posting the link. I went through it last night, but obviously I wasn't diligent enough. When I saw your link I decided to have another go and found it. Blimey, I'm not going mad after all.

The film is called The Second Victory (1987)

https://tinyurl.com/ya2m79be

[tim_noone]

Will there be an happy ending to this film...

I knew there would be

[Billy Balfour]

Haha.

Not so happy. I can't find anywhere to view it. There's no streaming service and it's not on DVD. Anyway, at least I now know its name.

[Billy Balfour]

Thanks to everyone who had an input.

[clarethomer]

Thanks to everyone who had an input.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/DVDs-Films-T ... nd+victory" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Billy Balfour]

Ah, cheers. Serves me right for going off what I read on a website instead of looking myself.
I think I'll pass. It's not worth nearly £20.00, but I'll keep an eye out for it on Prime/Netflix.

[Stalbansclaret]

This thread raises a question which vexes me nowadays in these times of streaming films rather than buying them on dvd or some other "hard" format. How do you find a film you want to watch ? For example if I fancied watching The Godfather or Apocalypse Now or 28 Days Later or any one of hundreds of good films from the past how can I do this ? I am a Netflix subscriber but the selection of films on there is truly awful ..usually half a dozen decent ones and a pile of terrible B Movies.
I can no longer nip down to Blockbusters and rent and there is barely anyone left selling a large selection of DVDs so what does someone who wants to watch a "classic" film do nowadays ?
Any and all help appreciated.

[longsidepies]

if you join Amazon Prime, it looks like you get access to loads of movies to stream. I only googled "apocalypse now" and that is included in the deal.

[piston broke]

This thread raises a question which vexes me nowadays in these times of streaming films rather than buying them on dvd or some other "hard" format. How do you find a film you want to watch ? For example if I fancied watching The Godfather or Apocalypse Now or 28 Days Later or any one of hundreds of good films from the past how can I do this ? I am a Netflix subscriber but the selection of films on there is truly awful ..usually half a dozen decent ones and a pile of terrible B Movies.
I can no longer nip down to Blockbusters and rent and there is barely anyone left selling a large selection of DVDs so what does someone who wants to watch a "classic" film do nowadays ?
Any and all help appreciated.

Most of the oldies are available to buy for peanuts on Amazon.

[Jakubclaret]

This thread raises a question which vexes me nowadays in these times of streaming films rather than buying them on dvd or some other "hard" format. How do you find a film you want to watch ? For example if I fancied watching The Godfather or Apocalypse Now or 28 Days Later or any one of hundreds of good films from the past how can I do this ? I am a Netflix subscriber but the selection of films on there is truly awful ..usually half a dozen decent ones and a pile of terrible B Movies.
I can no longer nip down to Blockbusters and rent and there is barely anyone left selling a large selection of DVDs so what does someone who wants to watch a "classic" film do nowadays ?
Any and all help appreciated.

Some of the sky channels Tnt & movies4men ect have the westerns on & the classics if you periodically check on the TV guides or regarding DVDs Amazon or eBay personally I like browsing charity shops or carboots for the more obscure stuff.

[dermotdermot]

Most of the oldies are available to buy for peanuts on Amazon.

Not so. If you wanted a copy of Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in His Kind of Woman, for instance, it will set you back £25.98.

[bfccrazy]

https://www.ioffer.com/i/inside-the-thi ... -472508950