Un tirador es reclutado en la Primera Guerra Mundial y termina convirtiéndose en uno de los héroes de guerra más famosos.Un tirador es reclutado en la Primera Guerra Mundial y termina convirtiéndose en uno de los héroes de guerra más famosos.Un tirador es reclutado en la Primera Guerra Mundial y termina convirtiéndose en uno de los héroes de guerra más famosos.
- Ganó 2 premios Óscar
- 5 premios ganados y 10 nominaciones en total
- Lem
- (as Howard da Silva)
- German Major
- (as Charles Esmond)
- Sgt. Early
- (as Joseph Sawyer)
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- TriviaAlvin C. York himself was on the set for a few days during filming. When one of the crew members tactlessly asked him how many "Jerries" he had killed, York started sobbing so vehemently he threw up. The crew member was nearly fired, but the next day, York demanded that he keep his job.
- ErroresWhen Gracie is showing Alvin their new home, she claims it was bought for Alvin by the people of Tennessee. It was, in fact, the Rotary Club of Nashville which provided the home and the surrounding land. The home was also not waiting for York upon his return from Europe as portrayed in the film. The club purchased the property in November 1919, a year after the war ended and after Alvin C. York and Gracie were already married. The couple did not move into the house until Valentine's Day 1922.
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Alvin: Well I'm as much agin' killin' as ever, sir. But it was this way, Colonel. When I started out, I felt just like you said, but when I hear them machine guns a-goin', and all them fellas are droppin' around me... I figured them guns was killin' hundreds, maybe thousands, and there weren't nothin' anybody could do, but to stop them guns. And that's what I done.
Maj. Buxton: Do you mean to tell me that you did it to save lives?
Alvin: Yes sir, that was why.
Maj. Buxton: [amazed] Well, York, what you've just told me is the most extraordinary thing of all!
- Créditos curiosos"We are proud to present this picture, and are grateful to the heroic figures, still living, who have generously consented to be portrayed in its story.
To their faith and ours, that a day will come when man will live in peace on earth, this picture is humbly dedicated.
High in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee, lies the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, and here in the spring of the year 1916..."
- ConexionesFeatured in The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
- Bandas sonorasMy Country 'tis of Thee
(uncredited)
Music from "God Save the King"
Traditional
Played over the opening credits and occasionally throughout the picture
Also played at the British medal ceremony
There is a great battle scene at the second half of the movie. Alvin realizes that the war is similar to the turkey hunting, kills lot of German soldiers and becomes a national hero and the most decorated American soldier of the WWI. This film is great because it's lack of unnecessary patriotism and heroism. It's about the duty we have to fulfill because there are situations in life when our personal happiness is less important than the freedom of others. Alvin C. York realizes this and goes to a war against a country which he has never heard of and protects people whom he has never met. That's why he is a great man. And when he fulfilled his duty he goes home to the well-earned peace and comfort. And when Gary Cooper fulfilled his duty and gave a superb performance as Alvin York, he got the well-earned Academy Award for the Best Actor.
- picicici
- 2 abr 2001
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- Presupuesto
- USD 1,400,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 16,361,885
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 16,364,924
- Tiempo de ejecución2 horas 14 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1