La battaglia di El Alamein (1969)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Giorgio Ferroni

Writers:

Remigio Del Grosso (writer)
Ernesto Gastaldi (writer)

Release Date:

1971 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Plot Keywords:

Germany | Self Sacrifice | Rommel | Goggles | WWII

Cast

Frederick Stafford	...	Lt. Giorgio Borri
George Hilton	...	Lt. Graham
Michael Rennie	...	General Bernard Law Montgomery
Marco Guglielmi	...	Captain Hubert
Ettore Manni	...	Italian Captain
Gérard Herter	...	General Schwartz
Robert Hossein	...	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Giuseppe Addobbati	...	General Georg Stumme
Sal Borgese	...	Kapow (as Salvatore Borgese)
Manlio Busoni
Giuseppe Castellano	...	Truck Driver
Mario Chiocchio
Massimo Righi	...	Italian Soldier (as Max Dean)
Giulio Donnini
Andrea Fantasia	...	Rommel's Doctor

Also Known As:

Desert Tanks
La bataille de El Alamein (France)
The Battle of El Alamein (USA)

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG

Company:

Zenith Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

Edited into I diavoli della guerra (1969)

Entertaining Italiano twist

OK I know, it's a cheesy flick with a low budget, but I really enjoyed it. The Italian tanks coming into the battle was awesome! I always play this game called Panzer General and my favorite moves are trying to amass Italian troops against the Allies just to test my ability. I'm glad the Italians were run by very VERY incompetent Officers because they could have been a real asset (more so) to the Germans. This is the story of an elite Italian Infantry unit (the Bersaglieri). In all, six of the 12 total Bersaglieri regiments fought in North Africa, compiling an excellent combat record. More than once, Bersaglieri units fought to the last man to hold a position while German units ran away. This movie tells of one of those engagements, and the first time I saw it and what armament they had to face a dozen tanks, I was really entertained and so will you! Try to get a decent print though because I was so desperate to see this one time that I bought it on tape and it was horrible, the DVD was really bad but at least it was watchable. It's the only one of it's kind that I've seen although I loved movies like Stalingrad (the BW version) that showed some of the Romanian army's in action. Interesting for war film buffs and recommended.