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The Young Lions is a 1958 American epic World War II drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin. It was made in black-and-white and CinemaScope and was theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox. The film is based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw .
A film about the lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this 1958 war movie.
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- Action, Drama, War
- Edward Dmytryk
- 1958-04-02
Christian Diestl (Marlon Brando) is a ski instructor turned Nazi lieutenant whose initial enthusiasm for Hitler is vanishing, Noah Ackerman (Montgomery Clift) is a Jewish-American grunt...
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- Marlon Brando
- Edward Dmytryk
- Drama
The Young Lions (1948) is a novel by Irwin Shaw about three soldiers in World War II. Plot. Christian Diestl is at first a sympathetic Austrian drawn to Nazism by despair for his future but willing to sacrifice Jews if necessary. Noah Ackerman is an American Jew facing discrimination.
- Irwin Shaw
- 1948
A war film based on Irwin Shaw's novel, starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin as three soldiers from different backgrounds. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members on IMDb.
On New Year's Eve, 1938, Christian Diestl, a Bavarian shoemaker and part-time ski instructor, is romancing American Margaret Freemantle at a party. When Margaret asks Christian if he is a Nazi party member, he replies that he is not at all political but believes that the Nazis stand for something hopeful in Germany.
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A war drama film about the lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII. The film explores their military and personal struggles, their relationships, and their views on the war and its consequences.
