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The Battle of El Alamein

Montgomery's Iron Back 8th Army ... Rommel's Crack Africa Korps ... they met head on and tore the earth apart !
1969 | 96m | English

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June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!
Release Date: Jan 01, 1969
Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Writer: Ernesto Gastaldi, Remigio Del Grosso
Genres: Action, War
Keywords tank, north africa
Production Companies Les Films Corona, Zenith Cinematografica
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Name Character
Frederick Stafford Giorgio Borri
Enrico Maria Salerno Claudio Borri
George Hilton Lieutenant Graham
Robert Hossein Erwin Rommel
Michael Rennie Bernard Law Montgomery
Giuseppe Castellano
Sal Borgese Private Kapow
Nello Pazzafini Italian Sergeant
Riccardo Pizzuti Private Jailbird
Gérard Herter General Schwartz
Ettore Manni Italian Captain
Giuseppe Addobbati Georg Stumme
Tom Felleghy Ritter von Thoma
Andrea Fantasia Rommel's Doctor
Ira von Fürstenberg Marta
Renato Romano General Clifton
Edoardo Toniolo Major Baker
Luciano Catenacci Sergeant O'Hara
Massimo Righi Italian Soldier
Name Job
Carlo Rustichelli Original Music Composer
Florian Trenker Second Unit Director of Photography
Giorgio Ferroni Director, Creator
Ernesto Gastaldi Story, Screenplay
Remigio Del Grosso Screenplay
Sergio D'Offizi Director of Photography
Eugenio Alabiso Editor
Amedeo Moriani Assistant Editor
Giuseppe Ferranti Makeup Artist
Marisa Marconi Makeup Artist
Roberto Pariante Assistant Director
Fernando Popoli Assistant Director
Italo Cameracanna Foley Editor, Sound Effects Editor
Renato Marinelli Sound Effects
Bruno Zanoli Sound Engineer
Raffaele Del Monte Sound Engineer
Elio Micheli Costume Design
Vittorio Giacchero Technical Supervisor
Maria Luisa Rosen Script Supervisor
Giuseppe Gatti Camera Operator
Francesco Brescini Electrician
Enrico Lucidi First Assistant Camera
Name Title
Sergio Martino Executive Producer
Luciano Martino Producer
Mino Loy Producer
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Geronimo1967
5.0

This could have been interesting, because it takes the perspective of the Italian troops charged by Mussolini with the capture of Alexandria in the 1942 North African campaign. It has a stab at drafting in an internationally recognised cast - Michael Rennie is Field Marshal Montgomery, and Robert Ho ... ssein features sparingly as Rommel, but for the most part this consists of a mediocre cast that I found made it quite difficult to distinguish between who was who, and on whose side! The dubbing didn't help, either, with the accents all but indistinguishable from each other and the quality of the production offered us visuals that are frequently just as confusing. There are plenty of pyrotechnics, and some quite well staged battles - especially with the foxholes and tanks towards the end, but the narrative is weak suggesting a disorganised and haphazard strategy from the Axis powers that did nobody any justice, historically. Sure, it doesn't help either that we all know what actually happened but I felt this could, with a bit more focus from the writing (and some quality talent in the dubbing suite), have offered us an interesting counter-balance to the accepted cinematic versions from this exciting and perilous theatre of WWII.

Jun 10, 2024