Ten Seconds to Hell
After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.
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"When "Ten Seconds to Hell" began, I was veyr surprisesd. After all, I knew the movie was about ex-German soldiers being hired as bomb disposal units following the war. Yet, surprisingly, the actors playing these Germans were all Americans...and they didn't sound the least big German. Odd casting...that's for sure and I can only assume some German actors would have loved to have had the chance! Despite this, it is a pretty good movie. The two big American stars in the unit are Jack Palance and Jeff Chandler...so you know that eventually the film will center on these two. An..."
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Gerhard Rabiger, a German bomb expert, was hired to instruct Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance in defusing techniques. Rabiger had defused as many as 20 bombs a day in Berlin just after the end of WWII. Even while this film was being made, bombs were still being discovered in Berlin at a rate of about two a week.
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After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.