Taxi for Tobruk (1960)
- Original title
- Un taxi pour Tobrouk
- Directed by
- Denys de La Patellière
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film
- Country
- Germany, France, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 148 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of French commandos and a German prisoner are stranded in the North African desert during World War II. They must work together to survive and reach the Allied lines at Tobruk.
wartimetensegrittyadventurousbroodingsurvivalatmospheric
What happens
Taxi for Tobruk (French: Un taxi pour Tobrouk) is a 1961 war film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura and Hardy Krüger. It was made as a co-production between France, Spain and West Germany. The story takes place during World War II in the North African desert at the Battle of El Alamein. Location shooting took place in Almería in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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