HEROES IN HELL is a very low budget Italian WW2 movie directed by the one and only Joe D'Amato. Despite the standard battle violence it must be one of the tamest films he ever made. The first half of the movie is an endlessly long-winded prisoner of war camp saga following the fortunes of a bunch of goonish characters at the hands of the Nazis as they suffer the usual abuse and mental degradation. D'Amato seems obsessed with having them traipse endlessly from one room to another.
The second half of the film involves the leads escaping in order to get their hands on a feared Nazi general, played by a cameoing Klaus Kinski in what amounts to a stock and stereotypical role. The action is low rent in the extreme and D'Amato seems to make very little effort in staging his production, instead shooting in close-up throughout. The visuals lack flair and the jaw-dropping inclusion of black and white stock WW2 footage during a ten minute 'dream' sequence is quite laughable. The ending feels lacklustre and too well telegraphed in advance.
The second half of the film involves the leads escaping in order to get their hands on a feared Nazi general, played by a cameoing Klaus Kinski in what amounts to a stock and stereotypical role. The action is low rent in the extreme and D'Amato seems to make very little effort in staging his production, instead shooting in close-up throughout. The visuals lack flair and the jaw-dropping inclusion of black and white stock WW2 footage during a ten minute 'dream' sequence is quite laughable. The ending feels lacklustre and too well telegraphed in advance.