The Battle of El Alamein (film)

The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein
	Film poster
Directed by	Giorgio Ferroni (as Calvin Jackson Padget)
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi; Remigio Del Grosso
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Produced by	Luciano Martino; Mino Loy
Starring	Frederick Stafford; George Hilton; Enrico Maria Salerno;
Cinematography	Sergio D'Offizi
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Production; companies	Zenith Cinematografica; Les Films Corona
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	23 January 1969 (Italy);
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Italy; France
Languages	Italian; French

The Battle of El Alamein is a 1969 war film directed in 1969 by Giorgio Ferroni. It was an international co-production between Italy and France.^[2] The film depicts the Second Battle of El Alamein.^[3]^[4]

Plot

Made with the cooperation of the Italian army, the film is told through a company of the 185th Infantry Division "Folgore" commanded by Lieutenant (Lt.) Giorgio Borri. The inexperienced Lt. Borri is assisted by his brother, Sergeant Major (Sgt. Maj.) Claudio Borri, a seasoned veteran of the Bersaglieri. Barri's British counterpart is Lt. Graham, with the two first coming face to face when Barri is captured.

The film also features Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Marshal of Italy Ettore Bastico, and Generals (Gen.) Bernard Law Montgomery, Georg Stumme and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma.

Cast

Frederick Stafford as Lt. Giorgio Borri
George Hilton as Lt. Graham
Michael Rennie as Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
Robert Hossein as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Enrico Maria Salerno as Sgt. Maj. Claudio Borri
Marco Guglielmi as Captain Hubert
Ettore Manni as Italian Captain
Gérard Herter as Brigadier General Schwartz
Ira Fürstenberg as Marta
Giuseppe Addobbati as Gen. Georg Stumme
Manlio Busoni as Gen. Ettore Bastico
Salvatore Borgese as Kapow
Luciano Catenacci as Sgt. O'Hara
Nello Pazzafini as Italian Sergeant
Tom Felleghy as Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma

Release

The Battle of El Alamein was released in Italy on January 23, 1969.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal. "The Battle of El Alamein on AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 319. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
^ Louis, Paul (2015) [2004]. Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786461134.

External links

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[archiv-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved October 21, 2021.

[allmovie-2] Erickson, Hal. "The Battle of El Alamein on AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved October 21, 2021.

[3] Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 319. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

[4] Louis, Paul (2015) [2004]. Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786461134.

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