The Victors (1963)

During World War II a group of soldiers Americans make their way through Europe resulting in the Victors in the campaigns of Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and finally Germany. In Italy, soldier Baker (Vince Edwards) meets Maria (Rossana Schiaffino), whose husband is missing in action, but must be transferred with her group to France the day after the landing of Normandy. There, Sergeant Craig (Elli Wallach) meets a French woman (Jeanne Moreau) while she inspects a house to house a barracks campaign. For his part, Private Trower (George Hamilton) meets violinist Regine (Romy Schneider). In Belgium, Corporal Chase (George Peppard) is seduced by Magda (Melina Mercouri), who has better plans for him than military life. Meanwhile the events of the War They continue until they reach their end and Trower must stay in West Berlin as part of the American detachment. There he will meet the sisters Helga (Elke Sommer) and Trudi (Senta Berger) who live on the other side of the wall, in East Berlin... Written and directed by Carl Foreman and based on a Alexander Baron's novel, The Victors narrates some of the most significant events of the end of World War II from the perspective of the personal experiences and the daily life of soldiers and their relations with civilians during the conflict.