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Originally Posted by icarus
It's not surprising at all. Most movies (or movies with budgets enough to be period war pieces) are made in Hollywood. As the US did not enter WWI until very near the end, there is not a whole lot interest in the Great War for Americans. Thus, movies on WWI just don't get made. How many war movies can you think of that don't focus on American troops?
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My favourite non-American war movie was Enemy at the Gates, which focused on the Battle of Stalingrad between the Russians and the Germans. The fact that it did provide an alternate point of view was one of the things that made it interesting for me (Rachel Weisz being cast didnt hurt either).
But it is true though, if there are no Americans or jews in the movie, it's pretty hard to find anything from Hollywood when it comes to war.