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Battle of the Commandos is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Umberto Lenzi with Jack Palance
Battle of the Commandos (1969)
La legione dei dannati
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Add to a movie listBattle of the Commandos (also known as Legion of the Damned) is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as La legione dei dannati), West Germany (where is known with the title Die zum Teufel gehen) and Spain (where is known as La brigada de los condenados).
Synopsis
Juin 1944, les Alliés vont débarquer en Normandie pour commencer la libération de l’Europe. Cependant les Allemands ont fortifié les côtes françaises pour empêcher ce débarquement, même s’ils ne savent pas exactement où et quand il aura lieu. Les Alliés confient une mission au colonel anglais Henderson : constituer un commando qui atteindra la côte française près du Havre, c’est-à-dire dans l’Est de la Normandie, pour faire croire aux Allemands que c’est là qu’aura lieu le débarquement.Actors
Jack Palance
(Charley MacPherson)
Curd Jürgens
(General Von Reilow)
Thomas Hunter
(Kevin Burke)
Robert Hundar
(Raymond Stone)
Wolfgang Preiss
(Colonel Ackerman)
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