Desert Commandos
| Desert Commandos | |
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 Italian film poster | |
| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Screenplay by | Umberto Lenzi[1] |
| Story by | Umberto Lenzi[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini[1] |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[1] |
| Distributed by | PEA |
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Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
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Desert Commandos (Italian: Attentato ai tre grandi) is a 1967 war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. The Italian title (Attack on the Big Three) refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference.
The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers.
Cast
- Ken Clark: Captain Fritz Schoeller
- Horst Frank: Lt. Roland Wolf
- Jeanne Valérie: Faddja Hassen
- Carlo Hinterman: Sgt. Erich Huber
- Howard Ross: Willy Mainz
- Franco Fantasia: Major Dalio
- Hardy Reichelt: Corporal Hans Ludwig
- Fabienne Dali: Simone
- John Stacy: Sir Bryan
- Tom Felleghy: Colonel Ross
- Gianni Rizzo: Perrier
Release
Desert Commaondos was released in Italy in 1967 where it was distributed by PEA.[2] It was released in West Germany on March 15, 1968 as Fünf gegen Casablanca.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 300.
- ^ "Attentato ai tre grandi". Cinematografo.it (in Italian). Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo – Tutti i diritti sono riservati. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ "Fünf gegen Casablanca". Filmportal.de. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
Sources
- Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 0-498-01565-3.
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