The Triple Echo 1972

A dark little cult yarn set in the idyllic countryside of wartime England. Michael Apted's rather uneven World War Two romance can't seem to strike a balance between sensitivity and ribald humour. However, excellent performances from the cast - particularly Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed - lift it well above average. This offbeat gender-bending rural tragedy was adapted from a novel by H.E. Bates.

Set in the remote Wiltshire countryside during WWII. Alice (Glenda Jackson), a lonely farm owner whose husband is interned in a Japanese POW camp meets a soldier, Barton (Brian Deacon), wandering across her farmland, despite her initial offhand approach she invites him in for tea. He becomes a regular visitor to the farm and the pair fall in love. In order to remain with Alice, Barton goes AWOL, and to avoid suspicion dresses in women's clothes and poses as Alices imaginary sister. Bartons role-reversal becomes so complete that the arrival of a loutish Military Police sergeant (Oliver Reed) inevitably leads to a tragic showdown when the over-confident deserter allows the sergeant to him out dancing.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• triple
• echo
• 1972

[cathymaid]

I know this movie is on VHS, but have they done a DVD of this movie yet?

[biznetsuk]

@jojud The hint is in 'the triple echo'

[IshadaKatzteilov]

@jojud She was returning the favor. 

[gene19431]

War is bad not just for the soldiers fighting it but also for the people not fighting. If you asked most soldiers if they would rather fight people they do not know no matter what country that they came from they would say no. If you asked the people not fighting they would say the same. War maybe necessary sometimes but it should be avoided if at all possible. Like the war in Iraq are we better off. will we have prevented what they will be in say 5-10 years from now? Thanks  for the uploads

[jokport]

I think the above review misses the point. With the military of the day there was NO sensitivity. We might like balance for a good story, but real life is rarely balanced.

That is why this story hits the spot. Nobody gets off with murder while the state of their mind is balanced.

[brasatostiven]

Hi, i'm Stefano from Bologna (Italy). Thank you for posting this, i saw it as a kid in the seventies and it schocked me. A little masterpiece !

I'm suprised to see that is possible uploading the whole movie in one part ! It goes without interruption despite the lenght.....it's great!

[jojud]

I don't want to spoil it for anyone but why that ending...I didn't expect that at all...what a twisted one...can anyone explain to me why it ended that way....with who got shot...

[psychoprosthetic]

Many thanks for uploading this old and forgotten little gem.