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Title: Entertaining History
Review: The Big Lift is an important historical document as well as a fascinating look back at a tense moment in modern history. With only two well-known professional actors, Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas in the cast, the film brings to life an event now known only in history books in a brief paragraph. We catch the atmosphere of the early Cold War period, with the wariness of both the Americans and the Russians in their high stakes game for control of Berlin. The stories of the GIs and their romances with the local women, as well as their encounters with other German citizens makes a fascinating story. The images of Berlin in ruins is a graphic reminder of the destruction of war. It's also well worth watching to see a young Monty in one of his very early roles.Unfortunately the quality of the film is less than perfect. It really deserves a good restoration befitting its importance. Along with "The Search," it belongs in any history buff's collection.
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