The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
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!
Director:
Giorgio Ferroni
Writers:
Ernesto Gastaldi, Remigio Del Grosso.
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Frederick Stafford as Giorgio Borri |
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Enrico Maria Salerno as Claudio Borri |
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George Hilton as Lieutenant Graham |
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Robert Hossein as Erwin Rommel |
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Michael Rennie as Bernard Law Montgomery |
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Giuseppe Castellano as |
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Sal Borgese as Private Kapow |
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Nello Pazzafini as Italian Sergeant |
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Riccardo Pizzuti as Private Jailbird |
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Gérard Herter as General Schwartz |
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Ettore Manni as Italian Captain |
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Giuseppe Addobbati as Georg Stumme |
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Tom Felleghy as Ritter von Thoma |
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Andrea Fantasia as Rommel's Doctor |
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Ira von Fürstenberg as Marta |
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Renato Romano as General Clifton |
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Edoardo Toniolo as Major Baker |
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Luciano Catenacci as Sergeant O'Hara |
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Massimo Righi as Italian Soldier |
| Crew | Giorgio Ferroni | Creator |
| Directing | Giorgio Ferroni | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Ferranti | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Vittorio Giacchero | Technical Supervisor |
| Editing | Amedeo Moriani | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Luciano Martino | Producer |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sergio Martino | Executive Producer |
| Lighting | Francesco Brescini | Electrician |
| Camera | Florian Trenker | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Production | Mino Loy | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marisa Marconi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Ernesto Gastaldi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Eugenio Alabiso | Editor |
| Sound | Raffaele Del Monte | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Remigio Del Grosso | Screenplay |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Foley Editor |
| Camera | Giuseppe Gatti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Lucidi | First Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Ernesto Gastaldi | Story |
| Camera | Sergio D'Offizi | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elio Micheli | Costume Design |
| Directing | Fernando Popoli | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bruno Zanoli | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Maria Luisa Rosen | Script Supervisor |