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  • 2006
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2006
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 30 m
The Ritchie Boys

Summary Christian Bauer's film "The Ritchie Boys" tells a story that's never been told before. It begins in Camp Ritchie, Maryland, the birthplace of modern psychological warfare, and it ends with the defeat of Germany in May of 1945. After D-Day the Ritchie Boys became a decisive force in the war. Nobody knew the enemy, his culture and his lang...

Directed By: Christian Bauer

Written By: Christian Bauer

  • 2006
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2006
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 30 m

The Ritchie Boys

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Christian Bauer's film "The Ritchie Boys" tells a story that's never been told before. It begins in Camp Ritchie, Maryland, the birthplace of modern psychological warfare, and it ends with the defeat of Germany in May of 1945. After D-Day the Ritchie Boys became a decisive force in the war. Nobody knew the enemy, his culture and his lang...

Directed By: Christian Bauer

Written By: Christian Bauer

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A fascinating documentary with a high entertainment quotient thanks to the fact that the film's surviving subjects prove to be some of the most articulate, not to mention wittiest, octogenarians around.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
80
Those whose tolerance of Greatest Generation war stories isn't exhausted, not to mention those who still thrive on them, will find the group of men who called themselves the Ritchie Boys good company.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
80
These are men who know of what they speak; they're also eloquent, erudite, and funny as hell.
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Any thinking person – no matter what political stripe or moral belief – needs to see this important film then try to apply its valuable lessons to today's, still, unstable planet.
By James Wegg FULL REVIEW
75
Still witty and eloquent, these cerebral boys became the haunted men who do their best to share their experiences with us, even as they know we'll never truly understand.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
70
This is a film with a story we have not seen before, a story about American troops so unusual it needed a German director to ferret it out.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
70
The visual monotony of talking heads and stock footage is interrupted occasionally by the spectral charcoal drawings of veteran Si Lewen, though his art is used to full advantage only when he describes the liberation of Buchenwald.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Alliance Atlantis Communications, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Discovery Wings, History Television, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Tangram Film Produktion, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Release Date Oct 13, 2006
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Website http://www.ritchieboys.com
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