The Big Lift
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The Big Lift is a 1950 American drama war film on location in the city of Berlin, Germany, that tells the story of "Operation Vittles", the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, through the experiences of two U.S. Air Force sergeants (played by Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas).
The Big Lift | |
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Directed by | George Seaton |
Written by | George Seaton |
Produced by | William Perlberg |
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Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.3 million[1][2] |
The film was directed and written by George Seaton, and was released April 26, 1950, less than one year after the Soviet blockade of Berlin was lifted and airlift operations ceased. Because the film was shot in Berlin in 1949, as well as using newsreel footage of the actual airlift, it provides a contemporary glimpse of the post-war state of the city as its people struggled to recover from the devastation wrought by World War II.