Land ohne Männer (1957)

Land ohne Männer: Directed by Robert Wise. With Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie. During WW2, husband-less New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.

“wonderful filmu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cast is incredibly attractive. You have Joan Fontaine, Jean Simmons, Sandra Dee all in beautiful black and white. People look so much better in black and white, as it evens the skin tone. Probably a provocative movie in its day, and Michener sure has a way of weaving a story around history. The people are so pretty in this movie, and their voices are so nice too. Love to see a young Paul Newman, he is a very feminine, very unusual man. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t see movies that cover this much in 90 minutes now. I feel as if films today are afraid to cover ground too fast, and that the art of cinema has become overemphasized over storytelling, which this movie does rather well.”