Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Filimka waxaa lagu soo bandhigay shineemada New Gallery ee London 31kii Luulyo 1944, wax ka yar laba bilood kadib D-Day iyo ku dhawaad sanad ka hor inta uusan dagaalku ku dhamaan Yurub
Waxaad 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.