Is it un-American to suggest doing something besides spectating the national pastime during this holiday season? Instead of watching the umpteenth football game, how about sitting down with the family and watching a movie? There are some fine ones out there, most of them made before the turn of the century, and they can be downloaded through the magic of Netflix, Amazon, and Apple, et al. Two merit recommendation: one well known, the Academy Award best picture winner for 1965, the other obscure, a made for TV movie from 1983. They are both based on actual events during World War II (although the better known film takes extensive dramatic license), with the protagonists under threat from the Nazis, but they differ dramatically in tone. Christopher Plummer is the hero in one and the villain in the other.

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