 Robert Aldrich (qv) was told that he could be in line for an Oscar  as Best Director for the film if he cut out the scene of  Jim Brown (I) (qv) dropping hand grenades into the bomb shelter.  The scene was considered controversial because the Germans  (including women) were locked inside the bunker and had no chance to  survive. Aldrich considered it but elected to leave the scene in to  show that "war is hell".