Situation Hopeless But Not Serious
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Director Gottfried Reinhardt Story by Robert Shaw Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, War Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Robert Shaw , Jan Lustig , Silvia Reinhardt Release date October 13, 1965 Screenplay Jan Lustig, Silvia Reinhardt Cast Alec Guinness (Wilhelm Frick), Mike Connors (Sgt. Lucky Finder), Paul Dahlke (Herr Neusel), Frank Wolff (Quartermaster Sergeant), Robert Redford (Captain Hank Wilson)Similar movies On the Fiddle (1961), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961), The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962), Very Important Person (1961), Privates Progress (1956) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious is a 1965 comedy film starring Alec Guinness, Mike Connors and Robert Redford. It is based on the novel The Hiding Place by Robert Shaw.
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The title is a variation of an old Viennese saying; "The situation is desperate but not serious."
Plot
In World War II, two American fliers, Captain Hank Wilson (Robert Redford) and Sergeant Lucky Finder (Mike Connors), are forced to bail out over Germany. They encounter Wilhelm Frick (Alec Guinness), who hides them from the authorities in his cellar. He enjoys their company so much that he does not inform them when the war ends. Instead, he maintains a masquerade to convince his "guests" that Germany is still fighting. Eventually, after seven years, the Americans escape into a peaceful West Germany and find out the truth.
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