The Biggest Battle (1978)
Overview
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 1.2658 |
Directed By
Umberto Lenzi
Crew
Giuseppe Romano
Umberto Lenzi
Giuseppe Bassan
Umberto Lenzi
Cesare Frugoni
Sergio Borelli
Alessandra Pistella
Walter Cossu
Frank von Kuegelgen
Paolo Gargano
Alfredo D'Angelo
Mino Loy
Aldo Ciorba
Gino Vagniluca
Mirella Malatesta
Enrico Sanchini
Riccardo Petrazzi
Ciro Russo
Roberto Belli
Franco Micalizzi
Marcello Longhi
Raul Montesanti
Mario Pastorini
Francesco Fantacci
Francesco Narducci
Eugenio Alabiso
Umberto Montesanti
Umberto Lenzi
Federico Zanni
Olga Pehar
Mike Lamb
Luciano Martino
David Blocker
Claudio Morabito
Luciano Sagoni
Stefano Rolla
Bruno Moreal
Frank von Kuegelgen
TOP CAST
Helmut Berger
Lt. Kurt Zimmer
Samantha Eggar
Annelise Ackermann
Giuliano Gemma
Capitano Martin Scott
John Huston
Sean O'Hara
Stacy Keach
Maggiore Mannfred Roland
Ray Lovelock
Lt. John Foster
Aldo Massasso
Lt. William McShane
Venantino Venantini
Michael
Ida Galli
Sybill Scott
Orson Welles
Narratore
Edwige Fenech
Danielle
Henry Fonda
Generale Foster
Patrick Reynolds
O'Hara's Aide
Aldo Barberito
SS major
Massimo Bonetti
German Soldier
Rik Battaglia
American commando
Andrea Bosic
Mimmo Parnat
Fulvio Mingozzi
French partisan
Tom Felleghy
American General
Robert Spafford
General George S. Patton
Giuseppe Castellano
American Commando
Luciano Catenacci
Communications Officer
Giovanni Cianfriglia
British Commando
Pierangelo Civera
Gestapo Agent
Claudio Colombi
Gestapo Agent
Geoffrey Copleston
S.S. Colonel Jurgens
Mirko Ellis
German Officer in Bar
Andrea Fantasia
Old French Partisan
Attilio Dottesio
French Bartender
Ermelinda De Felice
French Bartender's Wife
Manfred Freyberger
German in Danielle's Room
Marco Guglielmi
Capt. Fitzpatrick
Franco Odoardi
Wounded Resistance Man
Lorenzo Piani
American Commando
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
American Commando Leader
Lanfranco Spinola
Officer
Max Turilli
Gestapo Agent
Rosario Borelli
British Officer
Bill Vanders
General von Arnim
Guy Doleman
Gen. Whitmore
Karl Braun
Machine-Gun Sergeant (uncredited)
Luther Fear
British Officer with Sean O'Hara (uncredited)
Billy Kerr
German Soldier (uncredited)
Michele Soavi
Ted Foster (uncredited)
Riccardo Petrazzi
Partisan Guard (uncredited)
Luciano Catenacci
British Communications Officer
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