Raid on rommel is a conventional war film, well after the end of world war two. 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. Richard burton stars as british officer captain foster in this wwii action spectacular. 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. This was filmed in the foothills just outside of san felipe. Raid on rommel is an american b movie in technicolor from 1971, directed by henry hathaway and set in north africa during the.
Raid on rommel was the younger sevareids only feature film appearance. Karlotto alberty, wolfgang preiss, john colicos, richard burton. 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. The british fleet is enroute to north africa to engage the germans, and the best port for them to use is tobruk.
The german blitzkrieg had become rommels blitzkrieg. Characters are customized by selecting a class that gives them unique abilities and bonuses in killing nazis. Many military experts consider him to be one of the finest generals to come out of world war ii, if not. Rommels attempts to convince the german dictator that north african. 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 to set recordings for the show when it airs click the schedule new recording link above. Raid 2003 cd2 raid on rommel 1971 rain children the 2003 rain man cd1 rain man cd2 rainmaker the. Raid on rommel 1971 click here to download subtitles file for the movie raid on rommel 1971. The disastrous raid on tobruk, the illfated operation agreement, took place in september 1942. 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. It stars richard burton as a british commando attempting to destroy german gun emplacements in tobruk. On june 28, a few days before shooting began, burton commented in his journal, two more days before i go to mexico. Richard burton, john colicos, wolfgang preiss, christopher cary.
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. All the illict potentialites of alcoholic actors making tv movies will become apparent. Two short years ago we created this message box on our home page, asking for your help to keep this site up and running. Chuck d, al secolo carlton douglas ridenhour roosevelt, 1. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Rommel internet movie firearms database guns in movies. See whole dustjacket previous versions include compressed pdf files. Unuci italian raid commando italian raid commando unuci. Operation flipper also called the rommel raid was a british commando raid during the second world war, mainly by men from no. If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie. Aided by one of the surviving commandos john colicos, he vows to carry out his mission, which is further complicated by the presence of an italian generals. Foster is a man with a mission he wants to strike a blow. 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.
Con richard burton, john colicos, clinton greyn, wolfgang preiss titolo originale raid on rommel. Montenegro grecia creta nordafrica italia scarica raid on rommel guarda raid on rommel. John colicos, richard burton,, official content from universal studios. Richard burton, john calicos, wolfgang preiss richard burton stars as british officer captain foster in this wwii action spectacular. Raid on rommel by henry hathaway chris anders, greg. Despite lieutenant colonel keyes attempt to kill rommel, the field marshal gave orders that keyes be buried with the four german officers. From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. Raid on rommel manufactured on demand, ntsc format on tcm. Hear classic music from raid on rommel, 1971, directed by henry hathaway, with richard burton, john colicos, clinton greyn, at tcm. Nor have we even approached the absurd plot, complete with an italian bimbo and a philatelic erwin rommel. Robert laycock, undertook a raid referred to as operation flipper. Dedicated to identifying aircraft throughout movies, television, and video games.
My way e una canzone interpretata da frank sinatra che ha vinto il disco doro in italia ed e arrivata in quinta posizione nella uk singles chart. However, all that changed when rommel and his afrika korps came to the rescue of his italian comrades. World war ii requires each raid team to have four characters. These photos are from the 1971 movie raid on rommel. Unlike the more commercially successful tobruk, raid on rommel suffered the fate of its title character. 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.
John colicos, richard burton,, official content from universal studios home entertainment a british soldier goes undercover to. Raid on rommel is an american b movie in technicolor from 1971, directed by henry. The british were pushed back and rommel laid siege to the strategic town of torbuk. The director tries to adapt to the modern times, using many zooms and, perhaps, from the content point of view, in the character of richard burton, who. Fife victoria cross hero who launched raid on rommel. A comparison of the war movies tobruk and raid on rommel. Raid on rommel 1971 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. 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. Operation flipper the commando raid to capture rommel north africa 1418 nov 1941. A wehrmacht soldier takes a british pow to rommel, with a 98k slung over his back.
The operation included an attack on the headquarters of erwin rommel, the commander of panzergruppe afrika in north africa. Imagine kellys heroes having an inglourious basterd with payday. Watch raid on rommel online stream full movie directv. Sonoran desert, arizona, usa see more company credits. 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. The difference with raid on rommel is it relies almost entirely on tobruk for its action scenes, so much so that certain characters had to match the apparel of their tobruk counterparts. Because of the coronavirus emergency the 34th italian raid commando is moved to 2021. The attack was intended to follow new tactics in the hope of surprising the italians. Characters are created by players and can have one of four classes and one of four nationalities the latter choice is purely cosmetic. The operation included, among its objectives, an attack on the headquarters of erwin rommel, the commander of the afrika korps in north africa. On the way they pick up and drug the mistress of an italian general, blow up the. In that time, many of you have generously donated to.
The small raiding party achieved total surprise but, due to poor intelligence, the mission was impossible since rommel was in rome at the time. 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. Watch raid on rommel starring richard burton in this militarywar on directv. Alex foster richard burton, a captain in the british navy, heads to the libyan seaport of tobruk during world war ii. Raid on rommel download italiano, film raid on rommel in italiano newer post older post home. Purchase give a gift manage subscription download ios app newsletters. Raid on rommel 1971 elizabeth taylor visits richard burton on location for.
Raid on rommel 1971 full movie download full hd youtube. Raid on rommel, dvd, manufactured on demand, ntsc format, warworld war ii, 025192096341. Read the full synopsis of raid on rommel, 1971, directed by henry hathaway, with richard burton, john colicos, clinton greyn, at turner classic movies. My little girl 1986 streaming ita ottenere my little girl in video hd, guardare my little girl in buon formato, esplorare my little girl in formato 720p. In 1969 richard burton made an unspectacular movie called raid on rommel. There are some scenes in this film that were taken from the film tobruk. The city, which offers access to important trade routes, has been taken over by the germans, and foster goes undercover as. Commando raid on rommel is a solitaire game based on the historical attempt by the british to do away with the desert fox. The commando raid to capture rommel at his libyan hq was codenamed operation flipper.
Raiding party attempts to capture rommel wwii today. On october 24, a daylight raid on turin by eightyeight. It was timed for the night of 1718 november 1941, just before the start of operation crusader. Find release information for raid on rommel 1971 henry hathaway on allmovie. At the beginning of the war, libya had been an italian colony for several.
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. Operation flipper the commando raid to capture rommel. Rommel hardly paused as his panzer division swept through, the tanks firing to both flanks as they sped on to the west. Commando raid against rommels headquarters discussion in. I think this film, raid on rommel, is the better of the two films. Raid on rommel 1971 henry hathaway releases allmovie. 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. British blenheim bombers setting out on a raid in cyrenaica, libya, with.