Anzio (1968)

Original title

Lo sbarco di Anzio

Directed by

Duilio Coletti, Edward Dmytryk

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This World War II film dramatizes the 1944 Allied landing at Anzio, Italy. It follows both soldiers and commanders as they struggle with the chaos and high cost of the battle.

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What happens

Anzio (Italian: Lo sbarco di Anzio), released in the United Kingdom as The Battle for Anzio, is a 1968 Technicolor war film in Panavision. An Italian–American co-production, it was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and depicts Operation Shingle, the 1944 Allied seaborne assault on the Italian port of Anzio during World War II. The screenplay was adapted from the book Anzio by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, who had covered the battle as a BBC war correspondent. The film stars Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk, alongside a range of international actors portraying mostly fictional characters inspired by real participants in the battle. Notable exceptions include Wolfgang Preiss as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and Tonio Selwart as General Eberhard von Mackensen. Although the production was based in Italy with an Italian crew and producer, none of the principal cast were Italian, and the film includes no major Italian characters. It was co-directed by Edward Dmytryk and Duilio Coletti. In the English-language version, Italian characters speak in Italian, while German commanders are depicted speaking English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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