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.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.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.
Ida Galli
- Sybil Scott
- (as Evelyn Stewart)
Rik Battaglia
- French Partisan
- (as Rick Battaglia)
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- GoofsIn one of the scenes the American Flag has fifty stars, as it does now, but that flag was not adopted until Monday, July 4, 1960. The flag that should have been shown, which the Americans during World War Two served under, was the forty eight-star Stars and Stripes, which was valid from Thursday July 4, 1912 to Friday July 3, 1959, and is even seen hanging high in Grand Central Station in Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
- Quotes
German in Danielle's room: A French whore should work with her hips and not her lips!
- Alternate versionsThe American release has been dubbed into English. The titles have been translated to English. However, on the Direct Source Special Products Home Video Release, the film remains dubbed in English, yet the opening and ending titles have been redone using modern computer technology. The opening features the title BATTLE FORCE, and credits the film's director Humphrey Longan as Humphrey Logan; credits actress Edwige Fenech as Edwige French; and claims the cast listing to be in alphabetical order, which it is not.
- ConnectionsEdited from Battle of the Commandos (1969)
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This film has the unmistakable whiff of tax write off about it and I can't believe the non-Italians in this Italian made World War II film weren't doing this one for nothing more than a paycheck and a European vacation.
For an Italian film you would think Italy would be mentioned somewhere in this story. The climax of the movie is the battle for Tunisia where the Italians had a lot of soldiers. The battle scenes are merely stock footage from other and better films.
The only tie in this whole story is a meeting in Berlin of retired army general Henry Fonda, war correspondent John Huston, German-Jewish actress Samantha Eggar and German major Stacy Keach. Meeting at the time of the Olympics there, the four dismiss the possibility of war.
After that it seems like you're watching four or five separate films all at once. Everyone seems to be just reciting the dialog by rote and hurrying off to do better things presumably. Even Orson Welles who narrates the English language version, can't whip up any excitement in his voice.
It's just another one done for the money.
For an Italian film you would think Italy would be mentioned somewhere in this story. The climax of the movie is the battle for Tunisia where the Italians had a lot of soldiers. The battle scenes are merely stock footage from other and better films.
The only tie in this whole story is a meeting in Berlin of retired army general Henry Fonda, war correspondent John Huston, German-Jewish actress Samantha Eggar and German major Stacy Keach. Meeting at the time of the Olympics there, the four dismiss the possibility of war.
After that it seems like you're watching four or five separate films all at once. Everyone seems to be just reciting the dialog by rote and hurrying off to do better things presumably. Even Orson Welles who narrates the English language version, can't whip up any excitement in his voice.
It's just another one done for the money.
- bkoganbing
- Apr 21, 2008
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