Many military experts consider him to be one of the finest generals to come out of world war ii, if not actually the finest. Rommel finished his time in france in spectacular style. After two weeks of hard fighting, and two mistaken expectations of victory see here, 4 december 1941 was the day panzergruppe packed it in outside tobruk. In the course of these two days, rommels men defeated five enemy regiments and took more than 9,000 prisoners. The rommel in the films title is field marshal erwin rommel, a legendary german general known as the desert fox who commanded the elite german afrika korps and was famous for his lightningquick maneuvering of huge masses of armor and devastating attacks.
On june 28, a few days before shooting began, burton commented in his journal, two more days before i go to mexico. Raid on rommel 1971 streaming ita film completo in italiano e gratis. Rpm rrrrrrr ru ready raaz rabbit proof fence rabid dogs cani arrabbiati 1974 raccoon war pom poko the cd1 raccoon war pom poko the cd2 radio radio days raging bull 1980 raid 2003 cd1 raid 2003 cd2 raid on rommel 1971. British blenheim bombers setting out on a raid in cyrenaica, libya, with. Purchase give a gift manage subscription download ios app. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The german blitzkrieg had become rommels blitzkrieg. Raid on rommel download italiano, film raid on rommel in italiano.
Dedicated to identifying aircraft throughout movies, television, and video games. By may 1943 rommel was back in germany recovering from illness and the german army in north africa was totally eliminated with the surrender of ca 250,000 troops. News of the attack outraged adolf hitler, who demanded swift retaliation. The commando raid to capture rommel at his libyan hq was codenamed operation flipper. Much of the action footage was reused from the 1967 film tobruk, and the storyline is also largely the same. A wehrmacht soldier takes a british pow to rommel, with a 98k slung over his back. Rommel led his division, covering fifty miles during the night, so by the morning of may 17 he was ahead of both panzer divisions advancing on his flanks. Raid on rommel is an american b movie in technicolor from 1971, directed by henry hathaway and set in north africa during the second world war. Rommel s headquarters or the socalled rommel s villa was a prefecture building standing among some stone buildings in a village named bedda littoria, far behind the front, in cyrene area. A wehrmacht soldier with a 98k at the atlantic wall, when rommel is filmed for propaganda purposes.
Operation flipper was a british commando raid during the second world war, mainly by men from no. The building was selected by the quartermaster general panzer gruppe afrika, major schleusener, as his headquarters in late 1941. Commando raid on rommel focuses on a british special forces attempt to kill erwin rommel during the war in the desert. In a single day, his division drove 240km, with rommel leading in his command tank. In 1969 richard burton made an unspectacular movie called raid on rommel. Only this type assault would have removed italy from the axis alliance. Raid on rommel is an american b movie in technicolor from 1971, directed by henry hathaway and set in north africa during the. Read the full synopsis of raid on rommel, 1971, directed by henry hathaway, with richard burton, john colicos, clinton greyn, at turner classic movies. It was timed for the night of 1718 november 1941, just before the start of operation crusader. This raid has the same map layout as a map from payday 2 and is likely a reference briefing edit edit source objectives edit edit source. I think this film, raid on rommel, is the better of the two films. Raiding party attempts to capture rommel geoffery keyes, the youngest lieutenantcolonel in the british army at the time, was fatally wounded whilst leading the raid on rommel s desert base.
The small raiding party achieved total surprise but, due to poor intelligence, the mission was impossible since rommel was in rome at the time. If rommel had not advanced, the tanks would have been in the holds and the longer circumafrica route would have been used. In that time, many of you have generously donated to our paypal account and we are forever grateful. Foster is a man with a mission he wants to strike a blow. Was rommel right to advance on the egyptian frontier in april. Richard burton, john colicos, wolfgang preiss, christopher cary. Raid on rommel 1971 streaming ita admin 20170527t17. This was filmed in the foothills just outside of san felipe.
Levine has argued that only mussolinis imbecilic attack. German military incompetence through italian eyes jstor. It stars richard burton as a british commando attempting to destroy german gun emplacements in tobruk. Richard burton, john calicos, wolfgang preiss richard burton stars as british officer captain foster in this wwii action spectacular. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Subsequently issued in a zip edition featuring color counters plus 9 counters not in the original game and a cardstock map. Foster is a man with a mission he wants to strike a blow against the nazis in north africa so he dresses up as a german officer, frees an illmatched group of prisonersofwar, and leads them in an assault on the stronghold base of the reknowned field marshall rommel, blowing up fuel dumps and generally.
In that time, many of you have generously donated to. Two short years ago we created this message box on our home page, asking for your help to keep this site up and running. Imprint press catalogues privacy policy terms an conditions. Erwin rommel and his staff confer during africa korps operations in north africa. You may like to know before watching raid on rommel that the aerial footage and the battle scenes it included were leftovers from the film tobruk 1966, edited into a different storyline. Top 5 weird ww2 german prototypes that actually flew duration. Captain foster plans on raiding germanoccupied tobruk with hand picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a quaker conscientious objector. Rommel at caporetto 1917 on october 24, 1917, a combined german and austrian force began a ferocious attack on the italian lines near the town of caporetto. Erwin rommel was winning the war with fewer resources and men. Raid on rommel by henry hathaway chris anders, greg. Operation crusader did not achieve churchills lofty goals. Unuci italian raid commando italian raid commando unuci. To fill this gap, this volume compares the extreme right in italy, germany and the united states using some main. Hear classic music from raid on rommel, 1971, directed by henry hathaway, with richard burton, john colicos, clinton greyn, at tcm.
Purchase give a gift manage subscription download ios app newsletters. Raid on rommel 1971 captain fosters attack on rommel is almost defeated at the outset by a bungle that leaves him bereft of his elite soldiers and left with a medical unit whose commanding officer is a pacifist. With richard burton, john colicos, clinton greyn, wolfgang preiss. In 1942 libya, a germanspeaking british intelligence officer uses former british pows, some dressed in german uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside germancaptured tobruk. They landed across western north africa, and joined the attack. Raiding party attempts to capture rommel geoffery keyes, the youngest lieutenantcolonel in the british army at the time, was fatally wounded whilst leading the raid on rommels desert base. Find release information for raid on rommel 1971 henry hathaway on allmovie. Italy invaded egypt in september of 1940, and in a december.
When the british pow is taken to rommels drawing room, another wehrmacht soldier can be seen with a karabiner. Raid on rommel, dvd, manufactured on demand, ntsc format, warworld war ii, 025192096341. To set recordings for the show when it airs click the schedule new recording link above. Raid on rommel 1971 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc.
Rommel ordered that keyes be buried with full military honors. Imagine kellys heroes having an inglourious basterd with payday. The main objective in this mission is to secure one painting. Raid on rommel manufactured on demand, ntsc format on tcm shop. Operation flipper the commando raid to capture rommel north africa 1418 nov 1941.
Raid on rommel on australian free to air tv in your area in the next 7 days or you may have disabled the corresponding channel in your icetv account. This is certainly what happened in april 1941 during the reconquest of the cyrenaica and marmarica provinces of libya. Was rommel right to advance on the egyptian frontier in. The great richard burton also stars, giving the film a commanding feel and finally, having viewed and enjoyed tobruk, i am delighted to view the great action sequences on dvd, as only raid on rommel is available on this format. And they dont believe he can stand up to superior british forces. Rommels headquarters or the socalled rommels villa was a prefecture building standing among some stone buildings in a village named bedda littoria, far behind the front, in cyrene area. The attack was intended to follow new tactics in the hope of surprising the italians. Made in 1971, raid on rommel was originally planned as a madefortv special to make some more money off of the special effects sequences in tobruk, far too many of which were incorporated into this film. The game and map needed to be photocopied and mounted prior to play. Stonewall uprising 2010 in june 1969, a police raid on new yorks stonewall inn sparks a threeday riot that leads to the gayrights movement 2198 263 comments crime scene cleaners 2017 a 30 min documentary about one mans business he started for cleaning up dead bodies and the grotesque mess they leave behind. They dont believe rommel can get reinforcements in time. It has echoes of the guns of navarone a group of commandos are freed to go on a mission to tobruk and destroy the harbour guns.
All the illict potentialites of alcoholic actors making tv movies will become apparent. He had cypress crosses and wreaths made for the british and german dead. Karlotto alberty, wolfgang preiss, john colicos, richard burton. An outlaw raid is not sanctioned by mrs white or control and focuses on gathering gold to line the pockets of the commandos. Raid on rommel by henry hathaway chris anders, greg mullavey.
Raid on rommel 1971 henry hathaway releases allmovie. Richard burton stars as british officer captain foster in this wwii action spectacular. This raid has the same map layout as a map from payday 2 and is likely a referen. Rommel internet movie firearms database guns in movies.
If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie. Hitlers response to this loss was to send in the newly formed afrika korps led by general erwin rommel. Rommel had intended to attack mechili on 7 april but the axis forces were. Rommel hardly paused as his panzer division swept through, the tanks firing to both flanks as they sped on to the west. In 1942 libya, a germanspeaking british intelligence officer. In italy, the desert fox was largely associated with the north african campaign and to a lesser extent with.
Raid on rommel is a conventional war film, well after the end of world war two. It was sent through the mediterrranean because of rommels advance in april, with some tanks in deck stowage. Operation flipper the commando raid to capture rommel. Raiding party attempts to capture rommel wwii today. Raid on rommel is een amerikaanse oorlogsfilm uit 1971 onder regie van henry hathaway. World war ii is a four player cooperative game pitting you in the role of four commandos sentenced to death, earning their freedom by killing nazis lots of nazis, doing the impossible and unspeakable deep in nazi territory, and getting rich by plundering you guessed it the nazis. See whole dustjacket previous versions include compressed pdf files. John colicos, richard burton,, official content from universal studios home entertainment a british soldier goes undercover to. On the eve of the new british offensive in north africa a commando unit landed far behind enemy lines in libya in a daring raid to capture the german. There are some scenes in this film that were taken from the film tobruk. Operation flipper also called the rommel raid was a british commando raid during the second world war, mainly by men from no. The operation included an attack on the headquarters of erwin rommel, the commander of panzergruppe afrika in north africa. The farfetched plot revolves around a british commando unit who have to sneak behind the german lines and blow up the shore batteries at. Because of the coronavirus emergency the 34th italian raid commando is moved to 2021.
Jan 27, 2017 this feature is not available right now. Raid on rommel manufactured on demand, ntsc format on tcm. The disastrous raid on tobruk, the illfated operation agreement, took place in september 1942. Alex foster of british eighth army intelligence assumes the identity of a corporal lorry driver transporting wounded soldiers so that he can make contact with a german convoy escorting british prisoners from a field hospital to tobruk. Raid on rommel download italiano, film raid on rommel in italiano newer post older post home. The operation included an attack on the headquarters of erwin rommel, the.
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