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Why only one reviewer, this being the 2nd review from me ?! This harks back to 1961 and that in and of itself is pretty amazing !

Why you may ask is that amazing. ? Because they then were then largest and most revered home television production organisation world wide , They clearly wanted to make this production a show case as proof of their production capabilities,! And this Tolstoy choice was considered an extremely difficult production, thereby proving BBC values ! And thank good ness they succeeded in every one of production departments with an eye for detail in every department,,! Wardrobe,, set design, continuity, , lighting and camera as well as clear audio mix , no boom shadows , camera Close ups, long and short etc etc . So in short they proved that with correctly chosen actors and especially the 2 lead characters.this unknown crew and director could succeed with a high quality rendition of one of the most demanding theatrical brilliantly told tragedies from an equally faultless author , In the eyes of western cultural themes , Russian culture, , atmospheres among many other alien sensibilities, enigmatic daily lives lived in a claustrophobia totally unknown , in 1961 to western hemisphere ( or European cultures) brought all those mysteries starkly to our TV screens ! Ms. Bloom and Mr. Connery were both faultless. That said Ms. Bloom was a known safe bet, whereas Mr Connery was a risk which paid off in spades! He as we know succeeded above and beyond and that unique beauty as always in her long illustrious career, visibly relished in that truly delicious , brilliant narrative....

From start to conclusion, such a simple solution to future solvency ! Your training is never taken lightly or compromised , We relied on every instruction as ordered without question, ? Or did we .. ? Well i suppose you could say even the best can and the greatest can also err at times? No time or space for any. Weakness will be tolerated, no exceptions. , none , except sometimes ? Military honour was always and remains unequivocal , albeit inflexible ?

If it be your wish to succeed , to progress, to achieve the highest of honours , on the clear understanding of your strict code of honour , never ever lowering oneself to the ugliness of self aggrandisement , and never aloof towards others irrespective of your criticism, of them of which you will not ever allow your self to fall foul. Do not drop your guard, even to close family or friends !

Follow these rules, never ever weaken, except sometimes ?

This film illustrates very accurately the total life's needs for the duration of a well organised mind whilst serving for the best, with the best ..... And finally, I propose a modest salute to Hyde on the evening prior to the 'job' for his modest tribute to the rocking horse , and Randolph Hurst/ Orson 's iconic 'ROSEBUD' That would be most appropriate,, i suggest for the TRiViA section !

This movie compared to "The Dirty Dozen". Is sufficiently inexcusably and as such unacceptably far enough to warrant a swift sharp smack where it hurts most ! Utter piffle without any sympathy ! D. D dependant on which version was as similar to oranges are to lemons ! I Both tangy, one sweet the other sour. ! Apart from much else to say, this film (whether accurately or possibly partially not .) depicted the first ever military assault on an enemy (nazis) whereby the gutsy US commander inspired his men to make their assault from a previously impossible and unpassable craggy rocky sheer mountainside that the enemy were clearly acquainted with and falsely confident that no assault could be made with any success ? They had not reckoned with these gutsy US. Men of valor who went down in history as a first of its kind , .

The assault lost countless brave men and secured that mountain for further successful assaults subsequent to their unfailing stoicism and determination.. Bearing in mind the Major General sitting comfortably in Washington had ordered the Commanding officer to withdraw from that area of conflict ! D. D. Eat yer hearts out UGH.....