Posts from JohnChisum in thread „The Horse Soldiers (1959)“

Quote from SXViper

I think your region 2 version is a bootleg or a non authorized version as the region 1 that I have is a widescreen presentation with no zooming of the scenes. I think Elle mentioned something about converting your dvd player to a all region player, maybe ask her how it is done and try to get the regino 1 version.

Sorry for the confusion but I think it was a technical issue with my DVD player Don't really understand it cause I tried the DVD on a other player and the picture was Widescreen. The region 2 DVD must be the same as Region 1 and don't worry it's an official release.

ShortGrub: Thanks for the link. I'm always interested in US History and as middle european I have to learn a lot about the Civil War.

One of my favourites William Holden Movie All moments between Holden and Duke are marvellous and worth to watch The Horse Soldiers.
It's a pity that John Ford didn't made something like a Civil War Trilogy with Duke as he did with him with the great Cavalry Trilogy.

A scene with children in war is always disturbing. That's why John Ford put it into the movie to show the terror of war. Don't know many movies which shows children fighting in wars. Another I'm thinking of is the German Classic "Die Brücke" aka The Bridge which shows children soldiers in WW 2.

I watched recently a TV (German) version of The Horse Soldiers. Then I compared it with my Region-2 DVD. What a disappointment. The picture on the DVD is zoomed and sligthly butchered left and right so there are some information's missing. Something like I just don't like. Unfortunately I didn't recorded the TV Version.