The Battle for Crete (ep. 1)

1 Dec

Episode 1: Hulme.

Based on the true story of WW2 sniper Sgt. Clive Hulme. Hulme was awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts on the island of Crete.

The story takes place during May of 1941 when New Zealand troops were posted to defend Crete from invading German paratroopers.

Find out more about the battle here

Written / Shot / Directed / Editor: LOGAN McMILLAN Art Department: DAMIEN SHATFORD

Starring ROBERT FAITH
with NICK WHITE, SHANE PALMER & BRAD McMILLAN

Thanks to KEVIN McMILLAN, DAVE DUNLAY, JOHN McMILLAN, Christchurch RSA, Gun City, & Kiwi Disposals

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44 Responses to “The Battle for Crete (ep. 1)”

  1. LiberalismDisorder 02. Dec, 2009 at 2:45 am #

    [..YouTube..] nice…. very nicely done. My interest is peaked!

  2. OficialHangar 04. Dec, 2009 at 3:58 am #

    [..YouTube..] nice

  3. maxpower2181 05. Dec, 2009 at 5:07 pm #

    [..YouTube..] wow I`m realy impressed !

  4. starstriker32 08. Dec, 2009 at 7:46 pm #

    [..YouTube..] what is the editing and camera equipment used to make this movie ?

  5. SpaceGhostNZ 09. Dec, 2009 at 4:03 am #

    [..YouTube..] I’m sorry. “piqued”.

  6. LoganGorilla 09. Dec, 2009 at 2:55 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Sony V1P camera and edited on Final Cut Pro.

  7. robfants 16. Dec, 2009 at 4:13 am #

    [..YouTube..] Professional look, feel and acting. Nice treatment of the story. Very very nicely done. It looks realistic without being over the top – difficult to achieve. Great location. Shots worked well and helped link the story line without insulting the viewer. Hope to see more of this.

  8. kiwimendor 26. Dec, 2009 at 10:18 pm #

    [..YouTube..] it’s about time a full length movie about New Zealanders fighting on Crete was made!I remember some academic complaining how Hulme dressing up as a german was wrong… didn’t hear him complain about the germans using the locals as human shields

  9. LoganGorilla 27. Dec, 2009 at 12:10 am #

    [..YouTube..] @kiwimendor Yeah – there are so many stories involving some great kiwi men from that battle. They deserve to be told.

  10. Leibstandarte1944 27. Dec, 2009 at 12:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] where was this filmed??? this is amazing, I’m a NZ re-enactor and wish i had known about this earlier. congrats lads !

  11. kiwimendor 27. Dec, 2009 at 2:49 pm #

    [..YouTube..] so true!If a proper movie was made I reckon a “Longest Day” type format would be great, several different New Zealanders stories interwoven in one film of before, during & after the battle.

  12. GorillaTV2009 27. Dec, 2009 at 3:06 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @Leibstandarte1944 The starting is filmed in Christchurch (which is supposed to double as a Nelson farm) and the rest is filmed on Banks Peninsula. We had 1 German re-enactor involved but are definitely looking for more for future episodes…..and the feature film.

  13. GorillaTV2009 27. Dec, 2009 at 3:08 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @kiwimendor – that’s the idea. Is going to take a lot of research but hopefully will be ready to shoot in 2012 / 13.

  14. Historyguy13 27. Dec, 2009 at 4:01 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Very well done! Professional quality. Antony Beevor devotes one sentence to Sgt. Hulme in his Crete book. I found this through your post in the WWII Forum. I’d love to see more.

  15. forty8r 28. Dec, 2009 at 12:49 am #

    [..YouTube..] its only wrong if you get caught then you get executed.

  16. rwlz 04. Jan, 2010 at 5:46 am #

    [..YouTube..] Who procured your costumes for the Fallschirmjager? They are wearing Waffen SS insignia at 3:08 minutes. Major issue as the Waffen SS DID NOT participate in the invasion of Crete! Gebirgsjager, Luftlande Regiments and other Luftwaffe units may have been mixed up in research. Interesting perspective which saw large scale suffering and slaughter on ALL sides. Cretans were responsible for atrocities perpetrated against captured and/or wounded men as well as the later reprisals from German units.

  17. rwlz 04. Jan, 2010 at 6:02 am #

    [..YouTube..] Part 2 as the comment was cut short. It appears to read that the civillian population was responsible for the later German reprisals. Not intended in case any hate filled comments follow. Certain actions on ALL sides did count as breaches of the Geneva codes. Emotions, massacres and devastation will result in this. Partisan actions are the real result of invading and brutalising a proud and defiant people. Vietnam, the ethnic Karen population in Burma, Afghanistan etc. Anyhow, keep filming!

  18. ArmenianLegion 19. Jan, 2010 at 4:52 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Wow really great film. How long did it take to make?

  19. LoganGorilla 19. Jan, 2010 at 7:03 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Thanks for the comment! It took 2 half days of shooting and a day of editing.

  20. LoganGorilla 19. Jan, 2010 at 7:04 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Yeah – made a slight error on the uniforms. Will be sorting for the next installment.

  21. firstgovs 29. Jan, 2010 at 5:56 pm #

    [..YouTube..] lol when their speaking German in the building its from the movie downfall but still great movie

  22. LoganGorilla 30. Jan, 2010 at 6:38 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Good spotting :) Do you know what they are saying? I don’t speak german. I cut it up and reordered it – so it probably won’t make any sense.Logan

  23. 43Heavy 09. Feb, 2010 at 1:42 pm #

    [..YouTube..] Finally, the story of the brave NZ is told. Rember Galatas for example…bought and read the book: Galatas 1941 – Courage in Vain. Hope somebody (in New Zealand) can give me adress were I can order a copy of this WWII documentary. Thx in advance.

  24. o0KENtheARTIST0o 18. Feb, 2010 at 12:09 pm #

    [..YouTube..] That was good. However i spotted a continuity error, where the main character has a 98k, but then later shoots the last german with the enfield

  25. roughasgutsfilms 20. Feb, 2010 at 5:32 pm #

    [..YouTube..] great stuff ! well shot. im working on a short set on crete myself.it will be posted here eventually. so subscribe if your keen. mike ex whangarei

  26. Hammer757 27. Feb, 2010 at 7:48 am #

    [..YouTube..] Great short film. I’m looking forward to more

  27. Lyras71 14. Mar, 2010 at 10:41 am #

    [..YouTube..] The greek people wioll allways bwe thankfull to our allies from England,australia nad new zewland!!You will allways be welcome in our nice country!!!

  28. owossodude22 15. Apr, 2010 at 5:42 pm #

    [..YouTube..] is there a episode two or is this it

  29. gray499kcw 05. May, 2010 at 4:43 am #

    [..YouTube..] @Lyras71 Thanks and it is a nice country. my great Uncle fought at crete (Northumberland Hussars) and bagged 11 Nazis as they floated down – a cracking fella!

  30. tsimos4eva 07. May, 2010 at 11:09 am #

    [..YouTube..] Cheers to you man, amazing work! Keep it up! There are so many stories to be told about this relatively unknown chapter of WW2…The struggle on the mountains with the Greek resistance and the heroic defense of the island during the airdrops, the burning of the villages by the nazis and the allies fighting the axis in gorges and fields across the island…wonderful!

  31. LoganGorilla 16. May, 2010 at 2:10 am #

    [..YouTube..] @tsimos4eva One day we are hoping to expand on this story in a full feature length film. Thanks for the comments!

  32. LoganGorilla 16. May, 2010 at 2:10 am #

    [..YouTube..] @owossodude22 Yes – but it won’t follow Sgt. Clive Hulme.

  33. LoganGorilla 16. May, 2010 at 2:11 am #

    [..YouTube..] @Hammer757 Thanks!

  34. LoganGorilla 16. May, 2010 at 2:12 am #

    [..YouTube..] @o0KENtheARTIST0o Yeah – haha – ops. We had to switch guns over as one had to go back.

  35. o0KENtheARTIST0o 17. May, 2010 at 12:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @LoganGorilla I understand. Complications arise in a low budget film.

  36. o0KENtheARTIST0o 17. May, 2010 at 12:45 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @LoganGorilla I understand. Complications arise in a low budget film.

  37. scuffe01 13. Jun, 2010 at 4:08 am #

    [..YouTube..] Cool film. I went to school with his Grandsons. When I was a Cub scout back in the 70′s his daughter brought his VC in for us all too see. I can still remember looking at it, my mouth wide open as she held out in the palm of her hand.

  38. 88pie88 02. Jul, 2010 at 1:11 pm #

    [..YouTube..] wtf, they using sound effects for a fucing game -.- just use blanks for fuck sackes.

  39. JasperLee23 13. Jul, 2010 at 9:43 am #

    [..YouTube..] I feel very proud that my country was part of the British Empire. People often forget the role of the Empire during the wars. My family are South African and we also played our part, just like the New Zealanders, Aussies, Canadians etc.Go NZ!p.s. Bakkies Botha should hang his head in shame. discusting behaviour!

  40. ERPBLIverpool 18. Jul, 2010 at 9:52 am #

    [..YouTube..] Is it just me or are the Germans through the window having a conversation straight out of a Bridge too Far?

  41. LoganGorilla 24. Jul, 2010 at 5:12 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @ERPBLIverpool ha close – it’s actually the Hitler bunker scene from “Downfall”.

  42. LoganGorilla 24. Jul, 2010 at 5:13 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @88pie88 they are blanks.

  43. 88pie88 26. Jul, 2010 at 8:25 am #

    [..YouTube..] lmao! the germans in the house are having the same conversation, as in Downfall. lmao this movie sucks ass.

  44. JIMY45GR 03. Aug, 2010 at 4:49 am #

    [..YouTube..] bATTLE OF CRETE MAY 1941 GERMAN LOSSES… 4.500 PARATROOPERS.. 200 ARMORED VEHICLES.. 45 AEROPLANES.. 700 PRISONERS.. 500 MISSING.. AND THE DElay ATTACK TO RIUSSIA HITLERS DECLARATION.. crete showed the end of paratroopers.. DURING THE SO CALLE D OCCUPATION 2500 GERMAN DEAD 2 GENERALS CAPTURED.. 1500 PRISONERS 500 OF THEM EXECUTED BY REBELS FOR CRIMES Against THE BIG GREEK NATION.. NAZIS PAYED HARD PRICE!1

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