The Battle of El Alamein (film)

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]

The Battle of El Alamein
Film poster
Directed by	Giorgio Ferroni (as Calvin Jackson Padget)
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi[1] Remigio Del Grosso
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi[1]
Produced by	Luciano Martino Mino Loy
Starring	Frederick Stafford George Hilton Enrico Maria Salerno
Cinematography	Sergio D'Offizi[1]
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso[1]
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli[1]
Production companies	Zenith Cinematografica Les Films Corona[1]
Distributed by	Titanus[1]
Release date	23 January 1969 (1969-01-23) (Italy)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Italy France[1]
Languages	Italian French

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

1. "La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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.

External links

• The Battle of El Alamein at IMDb