"The German"

[Cazzie]

Really fine 10-minute short. By all means go to the Vimeo site and see it in Full Screen HD. Pause and let it buffer should it be slow.

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[kilo delta]

Nice post,Cazzie..thanks for the HU.

[Toastmaker]

Very nicely done !

[huub vink]

Nice movie Caz, thanks for posting.

Huub

[brad kaste]

I sure could see this 10 minute short turned into a feature length movie. You know,...the two adversaries now share the same internment camp for the duration.

[muletrain]

Very well done...thanks for posting!:salute:

[Bushpounder]

Excellent!!!

Don

[Willy]

I sure could see this 10 minute short turned into a feature length movie. You know,...the two adversaries now share the same internment camp for the duration.

Yep, I'd have to go see it.

[kilo delta]

When everyone else was fighting WWII, the Irish government referred to this period (1939-1945) as "The Emergency". While the Republic appeared to be neutral...it erred on the side of the Allied forces.
Incidentally, the internment camps were not heavily fortified army camps with high walls,barbed wire fences etc as you might have expected. They were quite the opposite, with inmates allowed to roam about freely (albeit segregated into Allied and Axis sections)and often given free passes to visit the local town/village under word of honour that they would not try to escape! In fact,some of you will remember hearing about the Spitfire wreckage that was recovered recently from a Donegal bog. The pilot of this aircraft parachuted to safety,was interred in a camp and simply walked out of the camp soon afterwards,took a train to Northern Ireland and from there made his way back to his Squadron. There was a bit of a hullabulloo when the Irish government contacted the British authorities to complain. The British apologised,agreed with the Irish and the pilot was sent back to the Irish internment camp under orders not to try to escape again!

[kilo delta]

BTW..here's another short film from the same producer.


http://vimeo.com/30230876

[Navy Chief]

That MUST be made into a full movie! I would definitely watch it!!

[kilo delta]

That MUST be made into a full movie! I would definitely watch it!!

One major faux pas...or maybe poetic licence on behalf of the producer, is the fact that the Me109 hadn't the range in order to reach Ireland. Only multi engined Luftwaffe aircraft eg FW200 Condor, He-111's etc were commonplace in Irish airspace.

[GT182]

Good one Caz.

Very impressive, and would make a great full feature film like Brad says.

I found the link so you can go full screen...... http://vimeo.com/31202906