Does anyone know why the paratrooper playing the organ in the final gun battle at the church is left out on the dvd? Whenever this film is shown on televsion they include his music during the final battle, but for some reason it was omitted from the dvd. It was really disapointing
shareYou are dead right, I bought the dvd and all the way through the film was telling my girlfriend about this amazing scene at the end and it never happened. It's like taking away Geoff Hurst's goals out of the 1966 World Cup Final - CRAZY
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You're kidding!!!! Why would they drop that? it was a very poignant and memorable scene.
It was just before the final gun fight, yeah?
No, it was DURING the gun battle. He also played the organ ealrier in the film before their identities were discovered. The priest was moved by the music and remarked on it to the trooper.
I can't BELIEVE they cut that out of the DVD version. What a rip. If it's in the TV prints still floating around it would be easy enough to fix for future editions.
O, no, I was wondering why all of a sudden he died on the organ.
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I just watched the film on DVD for the first time. Someone please tell me what happens in the organ scene. Is a soldier playing the organ as the church is being attacked? What happens?
shareI watched this on TCM; the scene is in the movie shown today.The ONLY reason that it might have been deleted was because nobody could have shot him from where the organ was in the church...They were throwing grenades into the church[kind of sad to see 'stained windows' being knocked out during the fight-they looked like real church windows],but there was no damage to the organ, so why did the soldier die?
The movie only shows him falling off the organ bench... As i said, that would be the only reason i can think of.
Those of Teutonic ethnicity do not take offense,but this movie shows why 40 million people followed Hitler.Wonder what happened to Ms. Aguitter, and her career?pretty lassie!
Adm. Kanaris[proper spelling!] and his son were shot[or hung?] near the end of the war for the "von Staufenberg conspiricy" to assasinate Hitler at the Wolf's Lair in July of '44.Hitler ONLY lived[and as a result, ANOTHER 12 million died!]because von Staufenberg only put one charge[each had the equivalent of 2 lbs. of C-4-trust me that would have taken Hitler in pieces-never mind which side of the table leg the brief case would have been!
...because von Staufenberg only put one charge[each had the equivalent of 2 lbs. of C-4-trust me that would have taken Hitler in pieces-never mind which side of the table leg the brief case would have been!
Adm. Kanaris[proper spelling!] and his son were shot[or hung?] near the end of the war for the "von Staufenberg conspiricy"...
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Well that answers that. I just watched this movie tonight (on dvd) and wondered why they didn't have the guy playing the organ while the battle raged. They just show him die at the organ.
Of course I say that answers that but it doesn't answer why they took this out. Now I want to see this scene as it should be and was apparently shot.
Maybe the soldier playing the organ was omitted because of his likeness to Elton John. It was tough enough on the krauts losing the war.
shareIf you look closely at him he resembles a young Richard Burton. Perhaps Dickie had a son he never admitted to. Either that or...?
Nothing is more beautiful than nothing.
This scene has been added back into the Blu-ray which can be ordered from Amazon-UK a lot, lot cheaper than the U S version and it happens to be region free also.
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