The German

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A British fighter pilot pursues the german ace that shot down his friend across sky and country... with murder in mind. But he discovers it's not so easy to kill a man when you have to look them in the eye


This was funded by an Irish Film Board scheme called 'Short Cuts' and was shot in November 2007. The Budget was €70K, and was used entirely on the live action components of the film - leaving a grand total of ZERO for visual effects!

I completed all the visual effects shots, over 120 in total, entirely by myself. Dave Head modelled the aircraft (and truck), but I textured, lit, animated and composited the shots over a six month period in 2008.

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  • WHOA, NEAT! 70K euros actually sounds pretty cheap, even for the effects. I COULD see how models could have been used, with simulators, etc... but think it was done well. And I HAVE heard stories of nazis and brits ide by side in pubs. MOST of those nazis probably did it only to survive in the society. It's a shame such a thing ever happened.

    But WELL DONE!

    Steve
  • Thanks for some great footage and a interesting story.

    I had no idea the Irish were neutral in WW2.

    I used to play Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator game and it was a hoot.

    I prefer watching WW2 plane dogfights verses WW1 fighter planes or jet aircraft.

    All The Best!!

    TL
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    • I guess they were, since I did long ago here of nazis and brits together in pubs, where ENGLISH was spoken, during the war. Ireland HAS kind of tried to keep to themselves, so it makes sense. The volume HERE isn't too great, so I didn't hear much of what the german said but it sounded like he said, when the brit had a gun to his head, "Please put the gun away"("Stell die pistole weg...bitte"),"Enough"(as in this has gone far enough)"genug", and it sounded like he said he was forty("Ich bin fierzig"), but I'm sure THAT last one must be wrong. This film was pretty neat. It portrayed it well, made Ireland look nice, got the idea across, etc... And EVEN had a surprise ending! BOTH guys probably thought they were in England!

      Steve
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  • That was a great film in my opinion.

    The acting, camera angles, storyline, special effects, all top notch.

    Excellent job
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  • Fascinating! Thanks for the link to the movie!
  • Eamonn de Valera was one of the only world leaders to sign Hitlers book of condolences.

    Ireland's neutral position was both simple and complex.

    Simple because it was deeply divided on its relationship to the Allies and to Britain in particular and also, in defence resources terms, it would have been a defenceless liability.

    Complex because it was dependant upon the Allies for supplies (brought through the German u-boat blockade), remained a member of the British Commonwealth (with the King as Head of State - the republic came post-war), allowed its citizens to fight with Allied forces and work in war industries, and gave other assistance to Allied forces while censoring what war news could be published, protesting against US troops in Northern Ireland (and thus irritating its former political allies in the US) and regarding itself as a part of a neutral and Catholic European bloc (which included the fascist dictatorships in Spain, Portugal and Italy (until 1943) and the proto-fascist Vichy regime in France).

    The concentration camp issue was downplayed and Dev's condolences on Hitler's death remain a political curiosity.
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    • Maybe he signed hitlers book to set the germans at ease with havng them almost like POWs. I mean it DOES sound odd. But Ireland is in an odd place, historically.

      Steve
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    A British fighter pilot pursues the german ace that shot down his friend across sky and country... with murder in mind. But he discovers it's not so easy to kill a man when you have to look them in the eye