One of Quentin Tarantino’s absolute favorite films is the war film and prison classic Broken Chains by director John Sturges. The story is based on spectacular true events and also inspired two of Tarantino’s films. Today Broken Chains is on TV.
Broken chains on TV: That’s what the war film with Steve McQueen is about
Germany, 1944: The Allied prisoners are moved from various camps to the completely escape-proof Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp. Among them are Major Bartlett (Richard Attenborough), Hilts (Steve McQueen) and Hendley (James Garner). All three have experience with the outbreak and want to make the impossible possible All 250 prisoners are supposed to escape with them.
Broken Chains offers everything a film heart desires: exciting action scenes, interesting characters and an incredible story. A lot was changed in favor of the dramaturgy, but the mass escape from Stalag Luft III, which had been planned for months, actually took place, which makes the film even more captivating.
Tarantino copies entire scene from Broken Chains
The exciting mix of prison and war film also convinced director Quentin Tarantino, who counts Broken Chains among his personal 10 favorite films. The high-speed motorcycle chase is not only one of the best action scenes, but it also served Tarantino as inspiration for Death Proof.
His admiration for the film becomes even clearer in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Here the title character Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) appears as a competitor to Steve McQueen (Damian Lewis). As can be seen in the video, DiCaprio became even inserted into the original recordings of Broken Chainswhere he had to re-enact the scene down to the last detail.
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It is well known that Tarantino does not hold back his opinion. So he has one again this cinema year acclaimed sci-fi blockbuster torn apartpraising a disappointing superhero film to the skies. What his tenth and final film will be about is still unknown, but perhaps he will once again find inspiration in the timeless classic Broken Chains.
When will Tarantino’s favorite film, Broken Chains, be on TV?
Arte shows the war film on today, Sunday, November 10th at 8:15 p.m. Unfortunately, there is no repeat, but if you missed the film on TV, you can buy or rent it on Amazon Prime Video, among other places.
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