Elrond (Hugo Weaving), the mighty Lord of Rivendell, arrived - after returning from hunting the pack of Orcs." Ann""s fears are confirmed when Judith tumbles down the stairs - the camera follows her as she moves out of sight at the top of the stairs, and then finds her in a heap at the bottom of the steps.This stark, slightly stagey, 87-minute black and white film, shot on location in Germany with crisp B/W photography (by George Krause) with a budget less than $1 million, is as compelling and harsh an indictment and criticism of war as Lewis Milestone""s award-winning, anti-war classicAll Quiet On The Western Front (1930), adapted from Erich Maria Remarque""s novel.His Marine battle jacket has "King Kong Brigade" patches on it, and his psychological profile approximates those of war-zone combatants.The outdoor set for the Babylonian sequences was the largest ever created for a Hollywood film up to its time, and its crowd shots with 16,000 extras were also some of the greatest in cinematic history.