Name: Hello God
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 h 4 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Errol Flynn, Sherry Jackson, Joe Mazzuca

I do so wish that the 7 people who voted on this film enough to give it a rating would have written something on it. Presumably they saw the film enough to give an opinion.

Which is why I will not put a star rating on it. Reading in the Citadel Film series book, The Films Of Errol Flynn, the story behind the film and the reason it hasn't been seen in the USA sounds like the great basis for a film itself.

Long story short, Flynn and partner/producer and sometime character actor William Marshall did this small film in Europe about some soldiers killed at Anzio Beach on their way to heaven. After completion Flynn and Marshall quarreled. Flynn got the original negative destroyed, but Marshall then recreated it with outtakes. It got some showing in Europe, but has never been shown here, at least not at the time that Citadel Film series book was written.

Given the times, the film also put Flynn in the crosshairs of some professional anti-Communists with its pacifist message. He repudiated it completely. His contract with Warner Brothers also was called into play here. 

Maybe one day we'll see Hello God in the USA in a formal setting. One thing for sure, no question it will be the director's cut.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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An unknown soldier relates the tale of four young men killed at the Battle of Anzio before they ascend to Heaven.

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