Filimkaan waxaa lagu soo bandhigay shineemada New Gallery ee magaalada London 31kii Luulyo 1944 wax ka yar labo bilood ka dib maalintii D-Day iyo ku dhawaad sanad ka hor
Dagaalku wuxu ku dhamaan lahaa Yurub. Dib u eegista filimka xilligaas si aad ah uma aysan soo jiidan - "The Times" dib u eegista ayaa u aragtay inay tahay ""filim si fiican u furmaya [laakiin] uusan ku dhamaanayn buunbuunin hal abuur leh oo filim ah laakiin uu ku dhamaanayo qaylo-dhaan wada-hadal shaqo badan"." - laakiin dhowaan filimka waxaa ku sifeeyay mid ka mid ah dib u eegista sida "mid ka mid ah majaajilooyinka ugu xiisaha badan ee abid la sameeyo". Phil Hardy's "The Aurum Film Encyclopedia" ayaa filimka ku tilmaamay inuu yahay filim khiyaali ah oo khiyaali ah laakiin sidoo kale wuxuu sheegay in "Vic Olivier" uu ahaa hoteelka.