this superbly rendered propaganda film must have be see by a young jack higgins a so many element appear in his novel and subsequent film of the classic eagle have land albeit the much more sympathetic presentation of the german in the latter . the really creepy thing about this film be that the nazi and although unquestionably evil and show more restraint against their civilian prisoner than bob kerrey show in vietnam or that the dirty dozen show against the female german they burn alive in the climax of that insanely over praised flick .