Bengasi (1942)
- Directed by
- Augusto Genina
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film is set in Benghazi during World War II and shows the Italian experience of the Allied occupation. It follows events like a local peasant being killed by Australian soldiers.
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What happens
Bengasi is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. The film was a propaganda work, designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities in Benghazi in Italian Libya, such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers. It was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won the Mussolini Cup as the best Italian film while Fosco Giachetti won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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