Heroes in Hell (film)
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| Directed by | Joe D'Amato |
| Written by | Joe D'Amato |
| Produced by | Walter Brandi |
| Starring | Klaus Kinski |
| Edited by | Piera Bruni Gianfranco Simoncelli |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Heroes in Hell (Italian: Eroi all'inferno) is a 1973 Italian Macaroni War film that was written and directed by Joe D'Amato, produced by Walter Brandi and starring Klaus Kinski, Luciano Rossi and Franco Garofalo.[1]
Plot
A group of American POW's escape from a vile Nazi prison camp in Germany during World War II. They escape into the countryside, pursued by a squadron of Nazi soldiers assigned to recapture them. The Americans join forces with a group of French freedom fighters, and agree to help them kidnap a high-level German general (Klaus Kinski) from his chateau. Using German uniforms captured in combat, the men succeed in capturing the general, but when he puts up a fight, they are forced to tranquilize him and physically carry him out of the building. The Nazi platoon catches up with them and a firefight ensues, killing almost everyone on both sides. The last surviving Americans succeed in escaping with their unconscious prisoner.
Cast
- Lars Bloch ... Capt. Alan Carter
- Rosemarie Lindt ... Maria
- Luciano Rossi ... Lt. Duncan (as Lu Kamante)
- Luis Joyce ... Julian's Sister in Law
- Ettore Manni as Bakara, the drunken doctor
- Klaus Kinski as Gen. Kaufmann (listed as Klaus Kinsky)
- Franco Garofalo ... Bunny Segar (as Christopher Oakes)
- Stan Simon ... Lt. Stain
- Dick Foster ... German Comandant
- Edmondo Tieghi ... Pratt
- Luigi Antonio Guerra ... Julian
- Roberto Dell'Acqua ... Julian's Brother
- George Manes ... German Lt.
- Paul Muller ... German Soldier
- Attilio Dottesio ... German C.O. (uncredited)
- Pietro Torrisi as Van co-driver (uncredited)
References
- ^ "New York Times: Heroes in Hell". NY Times. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
Distribution
VHS
In August 1985, the English dub Heroes in Hell was distributed by "Lightning Video" as Nr. 7502 for the price of $69.95.[1] A VHS of the Italian dub was published by "Shendene & Moizzi" in 2000.[2]
DVD
In July 2007, Heroes in Hell was released on DVD under the title Hrdinové v pekle by the Czech label "Řitka video, s.r.o." containing both the Czech dub and the Italian dub with forced Czech subtitles. This edition was reissued by Řitka in 2009 and 2012.[3] Also in 2007, a DVD of the English dub was released in South Africa by "Impact Video".[4]
References
- ^ "New Releases - Home Video". Billboard. 97 (35): 37. 31 August 1985.
- ^ "Eroi all'inferno / regia di Michael Wotruba (Aristide Massaccesi)". ICCU. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Hrdinové v pekle". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáza. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Heroes in Hell - Impact Video". Impact Video. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
