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Lt. Christian Diestl (Marlon Brando) is a dutiful German who finds the war more and more troubling. Meanwhile back in the US, Jewish Noah Ackerman (Montgomery Clift) finds love, and entertainer Michael Whiteacre (Dean Martin) try to avoid the war.
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- Action, Drama, War
- Edward Dmytryk
- 1958-04-02
Lt. Christian Diestl : When you are - when you are in a hole - filled with your own excrement for days on end, and when you see the faces and the bodies of the men you've killed, you change.
L.B. Abbott. Learn more about the full cast of The Young Lions with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide.
- Edward Dmytryk
Edward B. Powell. Hugo Friedhofer. Alfred Bruzlin. Warren B. Delaplain. L.B. Abbott. Irwin Shaw. Edward Anhalt. The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
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The Young Lions, American war film, released in 1958, that examines how World War II affects the lives of three disparate young soldiers.
One of the movie’s central characters is Christian Diestl (played by Marlon Brando), an idealistic young German who willingly joins the military because of his belief in Adolf Hitler and National Socialism. The film traces the gradual development of his skepticism about and then outright rejection of Nazism, though he reluctantly continues to serve as a lieutenant in the German army. Diestl’s story intertwines with those of two American soldiers: Noah Ackerman (Montgomery Clift), a Jew who has to fight bigotry in and out of the service, and Michael Whiteacre (Dean Martin), a popular Broadway star who, after being drafted, initially uses his fame to dodge dangerous assignments. The movie blends the experiences of the young men, including their tumultuous relationships with the women they love.
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•Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox
•Director: Edward Dmytryk
•Producer: Al Lichtman
•Writer: Edward Anhalt
•Music: Hugo Friedhofer
•Running time: 167 minutes
•Marlon Brando (Christian Diestl)
•Montgomery Clift (Noah Ackerman)
•Dean Martin (Michael Whiteacre)
•Hope Lange (Hope Plowman)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Dec 22, 2023 · Set during World War II, The Young Lions follows the lives of three soldiers from different backgrounds – Christian Diestl, a German officer played by Marlon Brando, Noah Ackerman, a Jewish-American soldier portrayed by Montgomery Clift, and Michael Whiteacre, an aspiring actor turned soldier portrayed by Dean Martin.
Marlon Brando's son whose birth name was Christian Brando See: Christian Brando was named (first name) after Marlon Brando's character in this movie, Lt. Christian Diestl, who was a production baby during this movie.
