I cried a river of tears! Stop looking at landscapes and how many men were in the gliders! ( per a 1 star review ) look at the heartbreak of a Sister, a Father. look at the young men fighting a war of such proportion! Their hands shaking, their hearts pounding! 60,000,000 were killed in this war. It was wrenching and painful to watch. Gijs Blom was amazing even without having very many lines in this movie his face told the story of that time in a war that took more lives than any in history.