The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
Overview
June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 5.267 |
Directed By
Giorgio Ferroni
Crew
Giorgio Ferroni
Giorgio Ferroni
Giuseppe Ferranti
Vittorio Giacchero
Amedeo Moriani
Italo Cameracanna
Luciano Martino
Carlo Rustichelli
Sergio Martino
Francesco Brescini
Florian Trenker
Mino Loy
Marisa Marconi
Renato Marinelli
Ernesto Gastaldi
Roberto Pariante
Eugenio Alabiso
Raffaele Del Monte
Remigio Del Grosso
Italo Cameracanna
Giuseppe Gatti
Enrico Lucidi
Ernesto Gastaldi
Sergio D'Offizi
Elio Micheli
Fernando Popoli
Bruno Zanoli
Maria Luisa Rosen
TOP CAST
Frederick Stafford
Giorgio Borri
Enrico Maria Salerno
Claudio Borri
George Hilton
Lieutenant Graham
Robert Hossein
Erwin Rommel
Michael Rennie
Bernard Law Montgomery
Sal Borgese
Private Kapow
Nello Pazzafini
Italian Sergeant
Riccardo Pizzuti
Private Jailbird
Gérard Herter
General Schwartz
Ettore Manni
Italian Captain
Giuseppe Addobbati
Georg Stumme
Tom Felleghy
Ritter von Thoma
Andrea Fantasia
Rommel's Doctor
Ira von Fürstenberg
Marta
Renato Romano
General Clifton
Edoardo Toniolo
Major Baker
Luciano Catenacci
Sergeant O'Hara
Massimo Righi
Italian Soldier
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