The Hill
They went up like men! They came down like animals!
The Hill (1965)
Timing:
2:3 (123 min)
7.51/10
243
243
7.9/10
1993
1993
7.8/10
16000
16000
Country
Genre
Drama, War
Budget
$2 500 000
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Kenneth Hyman
Operator
Oswald Morris
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Thelma Connell
All team (21)
All team (21)
Short description
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director Sidney Lumet used wide-angle lenses with focal lengths of 24, 21, and 18mm. He specifically sought distortion on the faces, which was visible even in close-ups.
- Sidney Lumet's film (1924-2011) was not a commercial success, but Sean Connery considered his work in it to be pivotal, because it was during filming with Lumet that he established himself as a dramatic actor, and proved he was capable of much more than appearing in Bond films.
- The temperature rarely dropped below 46 degrees Celsius, and despite 2,000 gallons of clean water brought in for the film crew and cast, almost everyone contracted dysentery during filming.
- Filming began on September 14, 1964, in Spain, which prevented Sean Connery from attending the premiere of Guy Hamilton's (1922-2016) 'Goldfinger' (1964), the filming of which had recently been completed and in which Connery starred.
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