Buffalo Soldiers ´44 - Das Wunder von St. Anna (2008)
Italien, Herbst 1944: Der Zweite Weltkrieg hat die Toskana erreicht. Die Deutsche Wehrmacht hat ihre letzte Verteidigungslinie errichtet, um den Vormarsch der Alliierten aufzuhalten. Die 92. Infanterie-Division der US-Armee versucht, diese Stellung am Serchio-Fluss zu durchbrechen. Mit dabei sind die vier afroamerikanischen Buffalo Soldiers Hector, Stamps, Bishop und Sam. Während eines Angriffs werden sie von ihrer Einheit abgeschnitten und retten einen italienischen Jungen, den sie in ein nahegelegenes Dorf bringen. Dort erfahren sie etwas, das ihnen in ihrer Heimat verwehrt wird: Gleichberechtigung, Menschlichkeit und Respekt. Gemeinsam mit Partisanen und den Einwohnern des Dorfes bereiten sie sich auf den kurz bevorstehenden Gegenangriff der Wehrmacht vor.
Der Regisseur:
Spike Lee
Der Autor:
James McBride
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Derek Luke as 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps |
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Michael Ealy as Sergeant Bishop Cummings |
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Laz Alonso as Corporal Hector Negron |
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Omar Benson Miller as Private First Class Sam Train |
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Pierfrancesco Favino as Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta |
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Valentina Cervi as Renata |
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Matteo Sciabordi as Angelo Torancelli (The Boy) |
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John Turturro as Detective Antonio Ri |
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tim Boyle |
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John Leguizamo as Enrico |
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Kerry Washington as Zana Wilder |
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D. B. Sweeney as Colonel Driscoll |
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Robert John Burke as General Ned Almond |
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Omari Hardwick as Platoon Commander Huggs |
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Omero Antonutti as Ludovico |
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Sergio Albelli as Rodolfo |
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Lidia Biondi as Natalina |
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Matteo Romoli as Gianni |
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Massimo Sarchielli as Franco |
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Giselda Volodi as Iole |
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Giulia Weber as Ida |
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Max Malatesta as Major Gerhard Bergmann |
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Ralph Palka as Lieutenant Claussen |
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Massimo De Santis as Don Innocenzo Lazzeri |
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Livia Taruffi as Anna |
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Michele De Virgilio as Paolo |
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Michael Kenneth Williams as Tucker |
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Laila Petrone as Pina |
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Luigi Lo Cascio as Angelo Torancelli (Adult) |
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Alexandra Maria Lara as Axis Sally |
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Jan Pohl as Hans Brundt |
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Walton Goggins as Captain Nokes |
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Tory Kittles as Lieutenant Birdsong |
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Stephen Monroe Taylor as Captain Rudden |
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André Holland as Private Needles |
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Christian Berkel as Captain Eichholz |
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Waldemar Kobus as Colonel Pflueger |
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Chiara Francini as Fabiola |
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Giovanni Zigliotto as Italo |
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Federigo Ceci as Umberto |
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Agnese Nano as Paselli |
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Leonardo Borzonasca as Arturo |
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Malcolm Goodwin as Higgins |
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Sean Ryal as Shaw |
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Brad Leland as Trueheart Frazier |
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Rodney "Bear" Jackson as Ilion Hinson |
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Oliver Korittke as Fritz Bennecke |
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Kai Wido Meyer as Karl Lessner |
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Alexander Beyer as Nazi Soldier |
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Usman Sharif as Radio Operator Hughes |
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Matteo Bonetti as Blind Accordion Player |
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Leland Gantt as Livingston |
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John Earl Jelks as Detective Dillard |
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Al Palagonia as Detective Haggerty |
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Curt Lowens as Dr. Everton Brooks |
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John Hawkes as Herb Redneck |
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Douglas M. Griffin as MP Freddy Naughton |
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Joe Chrest as MP Doyle Ellis |
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Peter Frechette as Peter Hammond |
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De'Adre Aziza as Bailiff |
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Limary Agosto as Sonia (Postal Worker) |
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Lemon Andersen as Sixto (Postal Worker) |
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Marcia Jean Kurtz as Post Office Customer |
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Colman Domingo as West Indian Postal Customer |
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Peter Kybart as Judge Trinkoff |
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Rebecca Naomi Jones as Zana Wilder's Assistant |
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Michael Den Dekker as Michael Decker (Legal Aid Attorney) |
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Karyl Sloan as Herb's Wife |
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Robinson Wendt as Herb's Son |
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Kesia Elwin as Lourdes Negron |
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Hans Schoeber as German POW #1 |
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Dieter Riesle as German POW #2 |
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Eugene Brell as German POW #3 |
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Lars Gerhard as German POW #4 |
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Nick Augusta Thompson as German POW #5 |
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Matthew Carroll as German POW #6 |
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Adrain Washington as Buffalo Soldier |
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Alexander Brathwaite as Buffalo Soldier |
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Booker T. Washington as Buffalo Soldier |
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Bryant Pearson as Buffalo Soldier |
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Basil Scrivens as Buffalo Soldier |
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Cédric Ido as Buffalo Soldier |
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Cerrone May as Buffalo Soldier |
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Christopher Greene as Buffalo Soldier |
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Courtney Charles as Buffalo Soldier |
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Deantre Williams as Buffalo Soldier |
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Dexter M. Pitts as Buffalo Soldier |
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Kalon Jackson as Buffalo Soldier |
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Elijah Moreland as Buffalo Soldier |
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Ezra Mabengeza as Buffalo Soldier |
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Haas Manning as Soldier |
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Jimmie Pinckney as Buffalo Soldier |
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Jonathan Robinson as Buffalo Soldier |
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Karim French as Buffalo Soldier |
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Kwane Spinks as Buffalo Soldier |
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Lionel Cineas Jr. as Buffalo Soldier |
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Logan Coles as Buffalo Soldier |
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Parrish McLean as Buffalo Soldier |
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Randy Wilkins as Buffalo Soldier |
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Richard Ward as Buffalo Soldier |
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Ronald Wimberly as Buffalo Soldier |
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Shawn Luckey as Buffalo Soldier |
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Theron Smith as Buffalo Soldier |
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Tracy Mazyck as Buffalo Soldier |
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Yarc Lewinson as Buffalo Soldier |
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Zay Smith as Buffalo Soldier |
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Niklas Bardeli as Nazi Soldier |
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David Bredin as Nazi Soldier |
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Arne Burchard as Nazi Soldier |
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Tim Forssman as Nazi Soldier |
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Johnny Florio as Nazi Soldier |
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Jeff Fischer as Nazi Soldier |
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Robert Heinle as Nazi Soldier |
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Thomas M. Held as Nazi Soldier |
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Sascha Heymans as Nazi Soldier |
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Timo Jacobs as Nazi Soldier |
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Florian Kaufmann as Nazi Soldier |
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Jens Kauffmann as Nazi Soldier |
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Siggi Kautz as Nazi Soldier |
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Torsten Knippertz as Nazi Soldier |
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Daniel Peter Paul Komma as Nazi Soldier |
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Sebastian Koslowski as Nazi Soldier |
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Matze Lehmann as Nazi Soldier |
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Robin Alexander Michel as Nazi Soldier |
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Andreas Pfundstein as Nazi Soldier |
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Tobias Riefer as Nazi Soldier |
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Axel Schumacher as Nazi Soldier |
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Dirk Sikorski as Nazi Soldier |
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Tom Sommerlatte as Nazi Soldier |
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Claudius von Stolzmann as Nazi Soldier |
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Tibor Taylor as Nazi Soldier |
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René Carsten Wedeward as Nazi Soldier |
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Lukas Martin Weiss as Nazi Soldier |
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Arthur Werner as Nazi Soldier |
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Bastian Zessner as Nazi Soldier |
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Adrian Zwicker as Nazi Soldier |
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Hank Eulau as Patient (uncredited) |
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Steve Forrest as Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Stuart Whitman as Lt. Sheen in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Adam S. Phillips as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Marco Pancrazi as German Sniper (uncredited) |
| Directing | Spike Lee | Director |
| Writing | James McBride | Novel |
| Production | Roberto Cicutto | Producer |
| Production | Spike Lee | Producer |
| Production | Luigi Musini | Producer |
| Camera | Matthew Libatique | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlo Poggioli | Costume Design |
| Editing | Barry Alexander Brown | Editor |
| Production | Jon Kilik | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marco Valerio Pugini | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Terence Blanchard | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Kim Taylor-Coleman | Casting Director |
| Production | Karen Kaia Livers | Casting Director |
| Production | Béatrice Kruger | Casting Director |
| Art | Tonino Zera | Production Design |
| Art | Carlo Serafin | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Donato Tieppo | Art Direction |
| Art | Cristina Onori | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Mark Porta | Set Medic |
| Crew | Jim Robin | Driver |
| Production | Stephan Roux | Location Assistant |
| Camera | James McMillan | Dolly Grip |
| Directing | Mike Ellis | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Adaptation |
| Writing | James McBride | Screenplay |
| Crew | Franco Maria Salamon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Luca Fortunato Asquini | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Attilio Moro | Unit Manager |
| Production | Alessandro Manni | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Ernest R. Dickerson | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Ernest R. Dickerson | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | Giorgio Armani | Thanks |
| Crew | Ralph Lauren | Thanks |
| Crew | George Lucas | Thanks |
