Marcia o Crepa (1962)

Original title

Marcia o crepa

Directed by

Frank Wisbar

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

18

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Algerian War of Independence, a squad of French Foreign Legion soldiers faces a dangerous mission. The film follows their struggle to survive against enemy forces in a harsh desert landscape.

tensegrimmilitaryseriousfast-pacedgrittyhistoricalsuspenseful

What happens

Marcia o Crepa (March or Die), known as The Legion's Last Patrol in the UK and Commando in the US, is a 1962 European (Italian, German, Spanish) co-production war film about the Algerian War of Independence. It was released in 1964 in the US by American International Pictures on a double feature with Torpedo Bay (aka Beta Som). In the UK this film was shown at Odeon cinemas as part of a double feature with The Day of the Triffids. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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