Desert Commandos(Italian:Attentato ai tre grandi) is a 1967 French/Italian/West Germaninternational co-productionwar filmset during World War II inMoroccowhere it was filmed. The Italian title (Attack on the Big Three) refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinateChurchill,Rooseveltandde Gaulleat theCasablanca Conference.
| Desert Commandos | |
|---|---|
 Italian film poster | |
| Attentato ai tre grandi | |
| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Screenplay by | Umberto Lenzi[1] |
| Story by | Umberto Lenzi[1] |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini[1] |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[1] |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | PEA Constantin Film |
Release dates | 1 December 1967 (Italy)
|
Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
| Countries |
|
| Language | Italian |
The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters withTuaregnomads, and French and American soldiers.
Plot
editThe grief-stricken Captain Fritz Schoeller has assisted his terminally ill wife with her wishes foreuthanasia.A party of men whisk him from his wife's funeral, not for arrest, but to be briefed on a special mission he will lead. The Captain, Lt. Roland Wolf, Sgt. Erich Huber, Corporal Hans Ludwig and Private Willy Mainz are all skilled in commando tactics and have excellent English language skills. They are dressed inBritish Commandouniforms and parachuted into Morocco where Faddja Hassen, an Arab woman will guide them to Casablanca where they will assassinate Allied leaders.
Cast
edit- Ken Clark:Captain Fritz Schoeller
- Horst Frank:Lt. Roland Wolf
- Jeanne Valérie:Faddja Hassen
- Carlo Hintermann:Sgt. Erich Huber
- Howard Ross:Willy Mainz
- Franco Fantasia:Major Dalio
- Hardy Reichelt: Corporal Hans Ludwig
- Fabienne Dali:Simone
- John Stacy:Sir Bryan
- Tom Felleghy:Colonel Ross
- Gianni Rizzo:Perrier
Release
editThe film was released in West Germany on March 15, 1968, asFünf gegen Casablanca.[2]
References
edit- ^abcdefghCowie & Elley 1977,p. 300.
- ^"Fünf gegen Casablanca".Filmportal.de.RetrievedJuly 30,2017.
Sources
edit- Cowie, Peter;Elley, Derek(1977).World Filmography: 1967.Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press.ISBN0-498-01565-3.
External links
edit
 | This article related to an Italian film of the 1960s is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
 | This article about a film onWorld War IIis astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |