Bitter Victory (1957)

Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Genre

war film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two British Army officers lead a commando raid in North Africa during World War II. Their mission is complicated by personal history between one officer's former lover and the other's wife.

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What happens

Bitter Victory (French title Amère victoire) is a 1957 Franco-American international co-production drama war film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British Army officers sent out on a commando raid in North Africa. Ruth Roman plays the former lover of one and the wife of the other. It is based on the novel of the same name by René Hardy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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