With low expectations I was surprised. It was a film on a different scale when it first appeared, (and this might be how to enjoy some old films, imagining seeing them at the time), drawing crowds with epic scenery. I did like the sense of spaciousness. The first half, yes it has an interval, is great but leads to a slightly disappointing second half because it's shorter and only really is about a political meltdown confusion. But the whole thing tells you something about politics that this guy possibly had a lot to do with in the First and possibly also Second World War.