Contro 4 bandiere (1979)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Anthony Fritz (screenplay)
Umberto Lenzi (story)
(more)

Release Date:

1979 (USA)

Genre:

War

Tagline:

Six Friends are Swept Up in WWII Action

Plot:

On August 24, 1939, at a small French cafe, six friends are about to go their separate ways. They vow to reunite on that day each year at the cafe...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Commando | Soldier | Childhood | Scuba

Cast

George Peppard	...	Brett Rosson
George Hamilton	...	Maurice Bernard
Horst Buchholz	...	Jürgen Dietrich (as Horst Bucholz)
Anny Duperey	...	Fabienne
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Dick Sanders (as Jean Pierre Cassel)
Capucine	...	Nicole Levine
Sam Wanamaker	...	Ray MacDonald
Ray Lovelock	...	Jim Rosson
Georges Claisse	...	Karl Wessel
May Heatherly	...	Mary Jennings (as May Hatherley)
Howard Vernon	...	SS Major Karl
Ritza Brown	...	Jim's girlfriend
Franco Fantasia	...	Captain Vanderkreut (as Frank Farrell)
André Lawrence	...	Jean
Lambert Wilson
Michel Voletti	...	Pierre
Fortunato Arena	...	Soldato anziano
Scott Miller
David Thomson		(as David Thompson)
Herbert Fiels
Stelio Candelli
Vincent Gentile
Sergio Testori
Augusto Girardi
Ángel Aranda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vincent Adams
John Allen
Barta Barri
Pierangelo Civera	...	Anti-Tank Commando Squad Leader
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Angel J. Howard
Frank B. Lewis
Antonio Mayans
David Muller
Liza O'Brien
Henry Woodward
Bernard La Jarrige	...	(uncredited)
Paul Mercey	...	Barman (uncredited)

Directed by
Umberto Lenzi		(as Hank Milestone)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gianfranco Clerici		screenplay (uncredited)
Gianfranco Clerici		story (uncredited)
Anthony Fritz		screenplay
Umberto Lenzi		story (as Hank Milestone)
José Luis Martínez Mollá		screenplay (uncredited)
José Luis Martínez Mollá		story (uncredited)

Produced by
Edmondo Amati	....	producer
Maurizio Amati	....	executive producer
Pierre Roitfeld	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Riz Ortolani

Cinematography by
José Luis Alcaine

Film Editing by
Vincenzo Tomassi		(as Vincent P. Thomas)

Production Design by
Giuseppe Bassan

Set Decoration by
Jean Boulet		(as Joe Bassan)

Costume Design by
Luciano Sagoni

Production Management
Enrique Bellot	....	production manager
Francisco Bellot	....	production supervisor
Jean Galland	....	production supervisor
Jacques Garcia	....	production manager
Giandomenico Stellitano	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Enrico Bergier	....	second unit director (also as Henry Bergier) (as Enrique Bergier)
Léonard Guillain	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Davide Bassan	....	assistant production designer
Paolo Luciani	....	props
Patrick Maugin	....	props

Sound Department
Michael Billingsley	....	sound editor
Marcel Corvaisier	....	sound engineer (as Marcel Pierre Corvaisier)
Fred De Croce	....	sound editor
Romano Pampaloni	....	sound mixer
William Robert Sivel	....	sound engineer (as William Sivel)
Georges Vaglio	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects
John Patterson	....	special effects

Stunts
Franco Fantasia	....	stunt coordinator (as Frank Farell)
Massimo Pittarello	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Fred Allison	....	still photographer
Patrick Beran	....	second assistant camera
Giovanni Bonivento	....	first assistant camera
Carlo Alberto Cocchi	....	still photographer
Jimmy Fredrickson	....	second camera operator
Michel Lebon	....	camera operator
Filippo Neroni	....	second assistant camera
Myron Perry	....	assistant camera
Roland Reffet	....	chief gaffer
Mario Sbrenna	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ida Cristofori	....	seamstress
Georgette Mouleau	....	wardrobe (as Georgette Meauleau)
Jo Ranzatto	....	assistant costume designer (as Joe Ranzato)

Editorial Department
Carlo Della Corte	....	assistant editor
Lamberto Mancini	....	assistant editor
Lambert Norton	....	assistant editor
Tom Sherman	....	assistant editor
Pietro Tomassi	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Riz Ortolani	....	conductor

Other crew
Carla Crovato	....	production secretary
Elvira D'Amico	....	script supervisor
Catherine Dieudonné	....	production secretary (as Catherine Dieudonne)
Stephanie Fisher	....	script girl
Mary Johnson	....	production secretary
Mario Natale	....	publicist

Production Companies

• Jose Frade
• Les Films Princesse
• Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
• New Films

Distributors

• Wardway (1981) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Alpha Video Distributors (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2007) (USA) (all media)
• UAV Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cine Audio Effects  sound effects and foley design

Also Known As:

De Dunkerke a la victoria (Spain)
De Dunquerque à la victoire (France)
De l'enfer à la victoire (France)
From Hell to Victory (USA)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1980) | USA:PG

Company:

Jose Frade

Trivia:

The German tanks in the climactic battle scene were U.S. M-41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, built in 1951.

Movie Connections:

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How could they make so many errors?

I agree with all of the other comments about this sorry movie. But I was watching it with an eye to accuracy. There were a couple of very outstanding goofs! There is a scene during the early occupation of France by Germany where a German soldier is telling an American woman that she cannot leave France. Why? Because today is December the 8th, and we are at war with America, he told her.

Wrong! Germany did not declare war on America until December 11. (Historical footnote: Germany never declared war on any country it invaded. The one nation it declared war against, the US, it never invaded!)

Later in the film during the sabotage raid on the munitions factory in Holland, a bomber was supposed to keep the Germans busy by dropping bombs all around the area. Funny thing, though, the plane never had a bomb bay door open, but the bombs kept falling anyway. I'm no expert on types of planes, but was there a two engine bomber with only a two man crew?