Battle Hymn

The true story of Col. Dean Hess, clergyman turned fighter pilot!
Battle Hymn
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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 25, 2004
  • Originally Released: 1957
  • Label: Universal Studios

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Rating: C -- At best it's a serviceable war drama, that if it were not in Sirk's capable hands would have probably suffered an even more disastrous fate. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mar 9, 2007
Rating: 2/5 -- ...doesn't miss a single cliché as it makes a calculated circuit of the old militant sky-pilot plot. Full Review
New York Times
Jan 4, 2007
Rating: C+ -- Douglas Sirk's sentimental Korean War tale of guilt and redemption is a weak, uncharacteristic film of the famed director, but it's worth seeing as a panel in his many collaborations with star Rock Hudson. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Jul 6, 2009

Product Description:

Rock Hudson gives a perfect performance as Colonel Dean Hess, a World War II pilot who launches an air attack that inadvertently obliterates a German orphanage. After the war, Hess becomes a minister and tries desperately to deal with the guilt he retains from the bombing. When the Korean War erupts, Hess learns about hundreds of Korean children left orphaned by the fighting and reenlists. He flies missions and trains pilots and, hoping for redemption, founds an orphanage.

Director Douglas Sirk, much as he did with an earlier Hudson vehicle, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, crafts a riveting, poignant melodrama around the themes of guilt and redemption. BATTLE HYMN, steeped in choral music and illuminated by epic production values, features Korean orphans flown in to Universal Studios to play themselves.

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  • Sales Rank: 12,191
  • UPC: 025192501425
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