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WarAction

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 !

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 : 1969-01-01

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Zenith CinematograficaLes Films Corona

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Frederick Stafford

Character Name : Giorgio Borri

Original Name : Frederick Stafford

Gender : Male

Enrico Maria Salerno

Character Name : Claudio Borri

Original Name : Enrico Maria Salerno

Gender : Male

George Hilton

Character Name : Lieutenant Graham

Original Name : George Hilton

Gender : Male

Robert Hossein

Character Name : Erwin Rommel

Original Name : Robert Hossein

Gender : Male

Michael Rennie

Character Name : Bernard Law Montgomery

Original Name : Michael Rennie

Gender : Male

Giuseppe Castellano

Character Name :

Original Name : Giuseppe Castellano

Gender : Male

Sal Borgese

Character Name : Private Kapow

Original Name : Sal Borgese

Gender : Male

Nello Pazzafini

Character Name : Italian Sergeant

Original Name : Nello Pazzafini

Gender : Male

Riccardo Pizzuti

Character Name : Private Jailbird

Original Name : Riccardo Pizzuti

Gender : Male

Gérard Herter

Character Name : General Schwartz

Original Name : Gérard Herter

Gender : Male

Ettore Manni

Character Name : Italian Captain

Original Name : Ettore Manni

Gender : Male

Giuseppe Addobbati

Character Name : Georg Stumme

Original Name : Giuseppe Addobbati

Gender : Male

Tom Felleghy

Character Name : Ritter von Thoma

Original Name : Tom Felleghy

Gender : Male

Andrea Fantasia

Character Name : Rommel's Doctor

Original Name : Andrea Fantasia

Gender : Male

Ira von Fürstenberg

Character Name : Marta

Original Name : Ira von Fürstenberg

Gender : Female

Renato Romano

Character Name : General Clifton

Original Name : Renato Romano

Gender : Male

Edoardo Toniolo

Character Name : Major Baker

Original Name : Edoardo Toniolo

Gender : Male

Luciano Catenacci

Character Name : Sergeant O'Hara

Original Name : Luciano Catenacci

Gender : Male

Massimo Righi

Character Name : Italian Soldier

Original Name : Massimo Righi

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-10

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 Hossein 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.