Desert Commandos

Desert Commandos
Italian film poster
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by Umberto Lenzi[1]
Story by Umberto Lenzi[1]
Starring
Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[1]
Cinematography Carlo Carlini[1]
Edited by Eugenio Alabiso[1]
Production
companies
Distributed by PEA
Release date
  • 1967 (1967) (Italy)
  • 15 March 1968 (1968-03-15) (West Germany)
Running time
 96 minutes[1]
Country
  • Italy
  • France
  • West Germany[1]

Desert Commandos (Italian: Attentato ai tre grandi) is a 1967 war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. The Italian title (Attack on the Big Three) refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference.

The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers.

Cast

Release

Desert Commaondos was released in Italy in 1967 where it was distributed by PEA.[2] It was released in West Germany on March 15, 1968 as Fünf gegen Casablanca.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 300.
  2. ↑ "Attentato ai tre grandi". Cinematografo.it (in Italian). Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo – Tutti i diritti sono riservati. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fünf gegen Casablanca". Filmportal.de. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

Sources

  • Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 0-498-01565-3.


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