Anzio (film)
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US cinema poster by Frank McCarthy
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| Directed by |
Edward Dmytryk Duilio Coletti |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
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adaptation: Frank De Felitta Duilio Coletti Giuseppe Mangione |
| Screenplay by | HAL Craig |
| Based on |
Anzio 1961 novel by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas |
| Starring |
Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Peter Falk Earl Holliman |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Peter Taylor |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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117 minutes |
| Country | Italy, USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,400,000 (US, Canada) |
Anzio (US title), also known as Lo sbarco di Anzio (original Italian title) or The Battle for Anzio (UK title), is a 1968 Technicolor war film in Panavision, an Italian and American co-production, about Operation Shingle, the 1944 Allied seaborne assault on the Italian port of Anzio in World War II. It was adapted from the book Anzio by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, who had been the BBC war correspondent at the battle.
The film stars Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, and a variety of international film stars, who mostly portray fictitious characters based on actual participants in the battle. The two exceptions were Wolfgang Preiss and Tonio Selwart, who respectively played Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and General Eberhard von Mackensen. The film was made in Italy with an Italian film crew and produced by Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis; however, none of the main cast were Italian, nor were there any major Italian characters. The film was jointly directed by Edward Dmytryk and Duilio Coletti.
In the English-language version, Italians are portrayed speaking their native language, but in scenes involving the German military commanders, these speak English to each other.
After meeting a general, war correspondent Dick Ennis (Robert Mitchum) is assigned to accompany US Army Rangers for the upcoming attempt to outflank the tough enemy defenses. The amphibious landing is unopposed, but the bumbling American general, Jack Lesley (Arthur Kennedy) is too cautious, preferring to fortify his beachhead before advancing inland. Ennis and a Ranger drive in a jeep through the countryside, discovering there are few Germans between the beachhead and Rome, but his information is ignored. As a result, the German commander, Kesselring (Wolfgang Preiss), has time to gather his forces and launch an effective counterattack.
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