Underplayed Gems

The Greatest Battle (1978)

The Greatest Battle poster
Original title
Il grande attacco
Directed by
Umberto Lenzi
Genre
drama film, action film, war film
Country
Germany, Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of German and Allied civilians and soldiers experience the early years of World War II. Their personal stories converge at the Battle of the Mareth Line in Tunisia.

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What happens

The Greatest Battle (Italian: Il grande attacco, lit. 'The Great Attack', also released as The Biggest Battle and Battle Force) is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring an all-star ensemble cast, including Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Ray Lovelock, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Ida Galli and John Huston. The Italian-West German-Yugoslavian co-production was produced by Mino Loy and Luciano Martino for Titanus. The plot centers on a group of German and Allied nationals throughout the early years of World War II, including British commando Captain Martin Scott (Gemma), American General Harold Foster (Fonda) and his son John (Lovelock), Jewish actress Annelise Ackermann (Eggar), war correspondent Sean O'Hara (Huston) and two very different German lieutenants, Kurt Zimmer and Manfred Roland (Berger and Keach). The film climaxes in a recreation of the Battle of the Mareth Line in Tunisia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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