It dispenses with the traditional war movie cliches, guns blazing, american. The film stands out as an italian production made for italys own populace. This episode focuses on the battles between rommels afrika corps and montgomerys eighth army that would change the. He is assigned to the pavia division on the southern line in egypt.
In this dramatization of a key battle from world war ii, the story is told from the point of view of the axis forces. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow. It also directly led the french to begin assisting in the north african theater. It was fought between two of the best commanders in world war ii, montgomery for the allies and rommel for the axis between 23 october 4 november 1942. After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive. As rommel swept toward the nile, the fall of egypt and the capture of the suez canal seemed inevitable. In this case, he, italian, must join immediately the army and her, englishwoman, flees of italy and shelters in cairo.
Shot from the axis point of view, this tale shows rommel working his strategies against montgomery. Battles of elalamein, 127 july 1942, 23 october11 november 1942, world war ii events. The fall egypt and the all important suez canal seems inevitable. Set during the titular desert battle of 1942, the film departs from expectation by concentrating on the axis point of view.
This film is only 66mn length, so you ca watch it without boredom. It gives a good and mostly accurate overview of the whole battle while focusing on the sector of the folgore division. Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords. War seen through the eyes of serra, a university student from palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in africa. These dvds will play on any dvd player anywhere in the world region free. Mussolini has given explicit orders that italys forces were to reach the city first. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime. The australian 9th division, led by lieutenant general leslie morshead, played a key role in two of these battles, enhancing its reputation earned defending tobruk during 1941. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The axis army of italy and germany suffered a decisive defeat by the british eighth army. Battlefield is a documentary series initially shown in 1994 that explores the most important battles fought primarily during the second world war but also the vietnam war. Subtitles are english, useless for those in enthralled in america first. Though they mistrust one another, the german and italian troops are forced to work shoulder to shoulder to ward off the british.
It is the only land battle won by the british without the direct support of the americans. Above all, its only a fred sears film, and not a samuel fullers one. The italian army paid a heavy price for mussolini throwing them into a war probably twothree years earlier than it was actually ready for it it performed poorly and lost. Italian and german advance units raced toward alexandria.
A student persuaded into fighting for the axis in africa during world war ii, pvt. Like in so many other movies, the war separates a few lovers. David ayer to direct wwii tank battle thriller elalamein. She would go on to a successful career in movies, television, and on the broadway stage, the high point of which was winning an academy award for her part in west side story 1962. Synopsis set during the titular desert battle of 1942, the film departs from expectation by concentrating on the axis point of view. It ended the long struggle to control the western desert in northern africa. Meanwhile, field marshal rommel robert hossein commander of the german. I do apologize for the mistake regarding the date anyway. The trend died out with the disillusionment caused by the vietnam war, as did the popularity of these gungho war films. I do apologize for the mistake regarding the date anyway in the subtitle i wrote the correct one, ill fix it. The film begins in the days when field marchal rommels afrika korps had driven to within 60 miles of alexandria and follows the eighth army through battle to victory. I dont understand that this movie has not been released more times, on tcm for instance.
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