Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Fim din ya fara a gidan fim din New Gallery a London a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1944, kasa da watanni biyu bayan D-Day kuma kusan shekara guda kafin yakin ya ƙare a Turai
Ka yi haƙuri. Masu nazarin fina-finai a wancan lokacin ba su da sha'awar gaske - mai nazarin "The Times" ya gano shi a matsayin "fim wanda ya buɗe da kyau [amma] ya ƙare ba tare da fashewar ƙirar fim mai ƙarfi ba amma ƙarar maganganun da suka wuce kima". - amma kwanan nan wani mai bita ya bayyana fim ɗin a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo da aka taɓa yi". Phil Hardy's "The Aurum Film Encyclopedia" ya sanya fim ɗin a matsayin fim ɗin almara na kimiyya amma kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa "Vic Olivier" shi ne mai otel ɗin.