The Battle of El Alamein (1969) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1969 · 96 mins · Italian

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Directed by

Giorgio Ferroni

Starring

Massimo Righi, Michael Rennie, Giuseppe Addobbati, Robert Hossein, Sal Borgese, Riccardo Pizzuti

In June 1942 the British 8th Army under Montgomery clashed with Rommel’s Afrika Korps in a titanic showdown that ripped the desert floor. With Rommel pushing toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and loss of the Suez Canal seemed imminent. Italian and German forces raced toward Alexandria, spurred by Mussolini’s order that the Italians must arrive first.