The Night of the Generals (1967) - Twilight Time - June 9, 2015

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Originally Posted by James Luckard

None of the actors do accents in this film, as I remember, they speak normally. I prefer that, like in VALKYRIE or the Kenneth Branagh "Wallander" series.

It's not like the characters would have been speaking English with German accents. To me accents only make sense in a case like Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE, where the character is actually supposed to be speaking accented English, not films like this where every single character is understood to be speaking German, but they're actually speaking English.

Yeah, I know. I get it. O'Toole hardly looks or sounds the part of a German general, no matter what his credentials. I guess you need a lot of "suspension of disbelief" to appreciate this effort.