The second film in the trilogy made by Hungarian director Istvan Szabo and German actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, “Colonel Redl” is a solid biopic, though not as powerful or richly detailed as their first collaboration in “Mephisto.”

Diana Scarwid received a Best Actress Supporting nomination for this picture, which she followed with at least two more interesting performances, in “Mommie Dearest” (1981), as Joan Crawford’s daughter, and in “Silkwood” (1983), as Cher’s lesbian lover.

Jimmy Stewart portrays Monty Stratton, the famous Chicago White Sox pitcher, who loses a leg in an accident just as his career is on the rise, and whose triumph over despair and disability leads him to pitch again.

Oscar Nominations: 6

Actor: Albert Finney

Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman

Screenplay (Adapted): Paul Dehn

Camera: Geoffrey Unsworth

Score (Dramatic): Richard Rodney Bennett

Costume: Tony Walton

Based on the true story of Al Schmid, a young Marine (splendidly played by John Garfield) who lost his eyesight during the battle of Guadalcanal, Delmer Daves’ “Pride of the Marines” was released while WWII was barely over, thus benefiting from its timely subject.