Rommel la volpe del deserto (1951)
Sconfitto in Africa, aderisce a una congiura contro Hitler. Scoperto è costretto al suicidio.Il maresciallo Edwin Rommel comanda l'Africakorps tedesco ed è ammirato, per la sua abilità strategica, anche dal nemico. Viene sconfitto a El Alamein da forze preponderanti ed è nominato vicecomandante delle truppe del Vallo Atlantico. Si unisce ai congiurati che attentano alla vita di Hitler il 20 luglio del 1944, ma il dittatore sopravvive e Rommel viene costretto a suicidarsi per evitare rappresaglie contro la sua famiglia. Avvincente nella sua struttura narrativa abilmente articolata, il film rende merito alla figura del protagonista (pur se nemico), sia come soldato che come uomo. Ottima interpretazione di Mason, sobrio e intenso nel ruolo di Rommel.
Direttore:
Henry Hathaway
Scrittore:
Nunnally Johnson
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James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. Karl Strolin |
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Jessica Tandy as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel |
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Luther Adler as Adolf Hitler |
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Everett Sloane as Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf |
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Leo G. Carroll as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt |
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George Macready as Gen. Fritz Bayerlein |
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Richard Boone as Capt. Hermann Aldinger |
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Eduard Franz as Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg |
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Desmond Young as Lt. Colonel Desmond Young |
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Paul Cavanagh as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker |
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George Nader as Commando |
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Dan O'Herlihy as Commando Captain (uncredited) |
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Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Peter van Eyck as German Officer |
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John Hoyt as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel |
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Philip Ahlm as German Chauffeur |
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John Anderson as |
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Jack Baston as Gen. Alfred Jodl |
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Mary Carroll as Rommel's Maid |
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Steve Carruthers as Signal Man |
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Robert Coote as British Medical Officer |
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Don De Leo as Maj. Gen. Ernst Maisel |
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Charles Evans as Gen. Schultz |
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Scott Forbes as Commando Colonel (uncredited) |
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John Goldsworthy as Gen. Heinrich von Stulpnagel |
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Lumsden Hare as Doctor |
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Walter Kingsford as Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge |
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Paul Kruger as German Colonel |
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George Lynn as German Lieutenant |
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Lester Matthews as British Officer (uncredited) |
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Sean McClory as Jock |
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Hans Moebus as Surgeon |
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Fred Nurney as German Colonel |
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William Reynolds as Manfred Rommel (uncredited) |
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Ivan Triesault as German Major |
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Philip Van Zandt as SS Man at Hospital (uncredited) |
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John Vosper as Maj. Walker |
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Carleton Young as German Staff Officer (uncredited) |
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George S. Patton as Self (archive footage) |
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Patrick Whyte as British Agent |
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Hal Taggart as German Staff Officer (uncredited) |
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Peter Forster as Commando |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Writing | Nunnally Johnson | Screenplay |
| Editing | James B. Clark | Editor |
| Sound | Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music |
| Camera | Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nunnally Johnson | Producer |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Eugene Grossman | Sound |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
