Hope Dies Last - Award winning World War II Short Film

France, 1944. Escaped American prisoners of war trek their way through occupied France in a desperate bid to reach Allied lines.
"Hope Dies Last" was filmed in Massachusetts during the summer of 2021. This shoe-string budget independent World War II film offers top notch acting, exquisite scenery, and intense firefights, right up until a devastating conclusion.
MUSIC CREDITS:
John Kelleher
MUSIC4HUES
Starring: Michael Badejo, Justice Agho, Norm Harbinson, Bryant Daye, Henry J. Allen, D'Andre Matthews, Julian Chappel and Justin Lombard
Awarded Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Cinematography and Acting by the 2023 Rochester International Film Festival
Finalist in Global Shorts Film Festival
Nominee for the 2022 Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival.
Officially Selected for the 2023 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
Officially Selected for the Sweden Action Film Festival
Officially Selected for the 2022 Austin Action Fest.
Official Selection of the 2022 Lift Off Filmmaker Sessions @ Pinewood Studios
Visit www.johnwmalesevic.com for more films and for behind the scenes and stills for Hope Dies Last.

[@markeidt6404]

Very interesting film. Uniforms & weapons were for the most part authentic.

[@Justnaturelive]

I love the no blood killing... Great film.

[@normanharbinson5487]

Thank you

[@bahduhbahduhwahlang742]

Best shooting

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

Just make a movie out of it. Then it will definitely win an Oscar!

[@johnwmalesevic]

Who loves ya baby?

[@PhuongNguyen-lp3en]

Sai toàn sai

[@director3151]

I like how you could capture the pilots’ personalities even without them saying much

[@LeCapitalsRMNB]

Awesome film, stay progressing and progressing 👏

[@gilvamsantos5015]

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[@edygan2796]

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[@Sintonizarproductions]

Nice work guys, awesome story!

[@flushingstudios]

Thank you Sintonizar! And perhaps we can collaborate soon

[@Sintonizarproductions]

@@flushingstudios feel free to email me, and we can get something roiling

[@raffaelrohner503]

Danke für eine wichtige Information des WW2 es gab sehr viele "Buffalo Soldiers" Battalione in der Artillerie, Transport, Pioneer und und und. Aber leider gibt es zu wenig Filme und Informationen dazu. Darum danke, dass auch das Mal gezeigt wird.

[@Ttran778]

There's a weird detail I kind of enjoyed seeing: the first POW escapee fumbling around with the MP40. It kind of makes sense. I'm pretty sure that the pilots of the time, regardless of race, weren't instructed over enemy weapons should they ever have been shot down.

[@normanharbinson5487]

Thank you 100 percent correct 1,000 points for getting it and understanding.

[@pokemonassociate2238]

For what you guys had, this was very good

[@normanharbinson5487]

Thank you

[@bogeyman10us11]

So, the three guys took one MP40 and a hand gun, leaving Mausers behind. One might think the may need weapons and ammos soon.... Oh well. At the end, the unfortunate African Americans (they may have been called differently back then) weren't treated any better by the friendlies than the Germans.

[@EvilClowns69]

Did you notice the pistol the guy took was a US 1911 why would a German solider be carrying a 1911

[@johnwmalesevic]

@@EvilClowns69 actually, you can see the German officer taking it from the captured American pilot at 7:20

[@bogeyman10us11]

@@johnwmalesevic Bingo! I would have taken the German pistols too. You know, they may be worth a lot more down the road, like 30 years.

[@adriannarobeson4758]

Very true it's infuriating that they were Segregated when we Americans were supposed to set a example to the fascist NAZIS that racism can not be tolerated but yet here we are doing the exact same thing , being Hypocrites.

[@SevenHeartJackpot]

best movie ever :)

[@kenbranaugh8251]

Looks real to me

[@BolshevikSloth]

Very good

[@afilipinohikikomori6718]

My boy dre is in here LETS GOOOO (You stole my charlies for this)

[@desiramone5052]

The Germans out fits look great ,the pilots look like they're wearing 8o's

[@ioalyc7923]

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[@ioalyc7923]

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[@Archangelm127]

The pilots' uniforms are all correct for USAAC Med Theatre. There wasn't a lot of standardization when flying to combat.

[@nagaarnold6884]

Nice movie

[@giovanninespolon9131]

US pilots in ww2 with panama sole boots at 3.22 ... 🧐 But Is good film 😊👍

[@z-eyesstudio1816]

Sim like an action movie but can see it clearly.

[@ادريسرحمن-ج8ه]

شنو اسم الفلم؟

[@evansappiah2547]

🔥🔥

[@karyati5110]

Motore...PC....di apusi sopo meneh...kiro2🤠🤠

[@sandrakate9433]

💗💗💗

[@MrShenyang1234]

Why did the Americans shoot the Black Army Air Corps Airman? Couldn't they see his 8th Air Force Patch?

[@johnwmalesevic]

Fog of war. Nerves. In the heat of the moment, the Americans didn’t recognize him as one of their own.

[@jvpondan4332]

What the quite solders. No talk i want to know the captain

[@tawau6438]

👍

[@alexthomas7759]

One of the guy's look just like me

[@samsbutchershop7684]

It wasnt bad at all but what's up with the uniforms of the black bomber crew? They wore khakis in combat?

[@normanharbinson5487]

In the med at times yes due to heat

[@samsbutchershop7684]

@@normanharbinson5487 THanks! It was also of course true of pilots in the Pacific theater.

[@manuelvaldez8509]

Theyre pilots

[@МаксабекАдылбеков]

Почему американцы отправляли на войну афроамериканцев мигрантов из Италии из Европы индейцев против нацистов Белых американцы составили сорок процентов

[@johnwmalesevic]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen This should give you partial context, as confusing as your question is. Are you asking why the USA had nonwhite troops in the military??

[@rsitarsi4804]

Far be it from me to criticize an artistic endeavour, but there were some huge deviations from historical fact here.

[@Niemand1947]

Like what for instance?

[@rsitarsi4804]

@@Niemand1947 the modern hairstyles of the characters of colour, their chinos and Eighth air force leather jackets, the fact that apart from the red Tails P51 pilots, the airforce was segregated, I don't think any multi crew aircraft were flown by persons of colour, and the general inaccuracies in the German uniforms, mountain troop cap edelweiss on infantry, etc. I accept this is a modern drama, but it would be nice if it reflected history , do you think? It's like King Arthur in Ray Bans.

[@normanharbinson5487]

Well on the surface Mathew is correct. It's a movie don't get me going on a list movies with the same and bigger mistakes fury comes to mind . But the Tuskegee airman had the following squadrons not just the 99th the 100th, 301,and yes 302nd. And ready for this the 477th bomb group oops yes a bomb group. But did not see action as war ended. They were fighter pilots and opening a shot up convoy guess they were in the convoy. One airman was captured after he was shot down. The germanscwere part of a kampfgruppe. So it's a mix. Also men thrown together in a confused area. Mountain units were in this sector. Also at this point men were put in any uniform they could find handed a gun and sent into battle. Even ones off wounded and dead. All this can not be explained in a movie as it's boring. Most of the Germans were reenactors from several units wearing 100 percent reproduction or original uniform parts or gear. Before you comment on growing standards on German read regs as we did. Americans yes but in field wasn't look at too much. Thank you

[@rsitarsi4804]

@@normanharbinson5487good points, well made. I was interested to find out about the putative bomber unit, that didn't serve until after WW2. I particularly liked your "Fury" reference, and the reference to ad hoc German units. With thanks, RS

[@lelanddumanew195]

D pow's are wearing leather jackets

[@desiramone5052]

Where is the blood ? Several guys get shot and no blood ?

[@normanharbinson5487]

Yes lack of blood was ny design. 2 reasons 1st blood and gor in war films are triggers to vets with ptsd. Out of respect we tried to keep it to a minimum. 2nd many of the uniforms are original and we didn't want to mess them up. Thank you for asking.

[@danielchatillon4024]

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[@maraqlmlumatlar2585]

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[@ealymaysshow]

Well you call those German soldiers , all fat and old, so far as the black pow they didn't` look like Black Americans but rather African .Not believable.Unless you just wanted to make a movie,OK.

[@normanharbinson5487]

Late war they tru uniforms on any German and impressed them

[@flushingstudios]

I can assure you that the actors portraying the Tuskegee Airmen are all Americans, born and raised.

[@bluemarshall6180]

Not worth watching.

[@JMCollecting]

This is so inaccurate it’s crazy

[@JMCollecting]

Still tho, great storytelling and filmwork. If this was more accurate it would be amazing.

[@johnwmalesevic]

Thanks for watching! What’s inaccurate, exactly?

[@michelegiampieri4237]

Bad uniforms details and too many cliché like germans bad Bond villains. Dislike

[@Archangelm127]

The uniforms are all correct for late war Italian Theatre. If you have any questions let us know and we'll happily explain.

[@LonestarParson]

some kind of fkn joke?

[@ТариелБолотаев-й8щ]

Вояки хренови. Оружие у немцев не додумалис что ли.

[@queenadams4537]

Yes my friend Dre is in here amazing

[@dandrematthews25]

Awww thank you 🙏💯

[@НиколайПентехин]

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[@dripofdew]

Nice short movie. I like it.

[@pupkin5102]

О людоедах😢😮

[@danielacker6224]

Great film, Will you and your team be producing any others?

[@johnwmalesevic]

Yes definitely! We’re currently developing a Wild West web series. You can find more information on my website, www.johnwmalesevic.com

[@johnkelleher1465]

Great work John!

[@flushingstudios]

Thank you as well, John!

[@CuongNguyen-dl2xi]

Phim manh ho giao tranh ne n lon tung pheu khong ra gi

[@shepardwallani5401]

Nice movie I like it

[@iamthebigbear9999]

where is the blood?

[@marekk8788]

Ther are amerikan soldżers or namibia heros?

[@mll2094]

Excellent work! Love this story and can’t wait to see future productions.

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[@johnwmalesevic]

What’s nonsense?

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[@LouistheLeanPusheen]

Wonderful

[@trevorjones2997]

Must have cost about ten cents to make that film,what a load of shite.

[@tedwarden1608]

Let’s see your best efforts?

[@HeLpLOstGOdAny1]

@@tedwarden1608 Trevor can't even make toast never mind a short movie .. ..

[@tedwarden1608]

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[@mikewalrus4763]

The only desperate thing there was the acting! Well OK then maybe not desperate, more like pathetic!

[@erikgriswold5273]

I have never made a film, short or long, and for that I can only guess how much work, planning, coordination, and funding that it must require. Between obtaining and properly using all of the camera equipment, lighting, sound, hiring actors, obtaining costumes (especially when it's supposed to be from 80 years ago), editing, all of that, it must be a monumental effort. I can definitely recognize all of that and I commend the producers of this short film for it. With that said though, I really am left scratching my head when it comes to the accuracy of the military-specific stuff that i'm seeing. I can't help but think there wasn't much, if any, research or consultation done when it came to WW2-era military tactics, equipment, etc. In the first 20 seconds of the film, a German soldier is seemingly troubleshooting a radio. He's seen turning, what I assume to be, the frequency tuning knob basically from the entire range both directions. The frequencies for each net would be very specific and every communications soldier would know them so it looks very silly to see this. A couple minutes later two German soldiers are seen leaving on an ATV, which is hilariously inaccurate. I'm assuming the American POWs are Tuskegee Airmen? The bomber jackets are pointing me in that direction. Their uniform isn't accurate, as pilots combat uniforms consisted of olive drab jumpsuits. The German soldier firing at the fighter plane that was strafing their patrol with his small arms SMG is hilarious and certainly wouldn't have been done with him standing in the open, if it would have been done at all. Typically, infantry on the ground could hear a fighter before the pilot could be close enough to see them on the ground, especially in concealment of a forested area. Upon hearing an enemy aircraft they would have hit the deck and gotten into concealment if possible. No one is dumb enough to try and take an aircraft out with his 9mm Mp40. The POW looked like he had never fired a weapon in his life, or been told how to do so, when he recovered the mp40 and fired on the germans. I also enjoyed how the two germans decided to run away for some reason instead of firing back at the POW. Some very unaggressive soldiers. Especially after seeing how inept the attacker looked with his weapon... Just comes off to me like the history and subject matter was given no respect. It really gave the film an amateur-ish feel to it and distracted me from what was supposed to be a serious film, when it was just comical to me due to such lack of attention to detail.

[@normanharbinson5487]

First off the "atv" is a for real documented 1939 R75 war trophy motorcycle with authentic plates. So is the MG 34 on it. 2nd you are correct on the radio but he's looking for public radio the music as atenticated by a wwii German radio operator. The tan uniforms were often worn in med as flight suites were too hot authenticated by a 98 year old Tuskegee airman. Documented general Patton in fact jumped out a window shooting hand guns at aircraft documented at his home in Massachusetts by his grand daughter so why not a German doing almost same in heat of combat. Last us pilots were not trained on German weapons he never saw one but quickly figured it out. If I threw a German weapon down you had never seen could you figure it out. There were six us military vets in the film. And two wwii history professionals on set German and american.thank you very much.

[@reonkongrg9620]

Just enjoy the show ,,,,It's just for entertainment purpose not for documentation of history.. As the film is made by humans error is bound to happen but why you have to be so pessimistic...#Height of pessimistic Ain't good ,spoiled the whole fun

[@JohKnoxx]

lame

[@richbanfield7621]

I liked it ,It takes a lot of effort to make a film, I Know where the last part of the film was shot ,cause I know the land owners. and I saw the land after the move shoot.

[@GourSmith]

I helped with the set. I was there For two weekends of filming. I dug the holes. Just testing you-where was it shot if you know the owners? My good friend’s family owns the land and I’ve been going there since I was 18 (now 23)

[@GourSmith]

@@richbanfield7621 He’s the captain. So if you know the owners-you at least know of him.

[@rodshephard3837]

Superb story and acting!

[@GourSmith]

Peyton Jackson? Really nigga?

[@anni01gemini83]

Hello, may I ask you to accept business cooperation? Looking forward to your reply

[@flushingstudios]

Sure! If you'd like, go to my website, www.johnwmalesevic.com and go to contacts. You can email me there!