Attentato ai tre grandi
| Desert Commandos | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
| Written by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Starring |
Ken Clark Horst Frank |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
Release dates | 1 September 1967 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Attentato ai tre grandi (Attack on the Big Three), also known as Desert Commandos, is a 1967 international co-production made by Italy, Germany and France Macaroni Combat war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. A German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference. The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers.
The film was released as Les Chiens verts du désert (The Green Desert Dogs) in France, as Fünf gegen Casablanca (Five Against Casablanca) in Germany and as Desert Commandos in the USA. Some commenters consider the film to be Umberto Lenzi's best and have remarked the film is notable for having Germans as the heroes and with mixed multi-dimensional characters.[1]
Cast
- Ken Clark: Captain Fritz Schoeller
- Horst Frank: Lt. Roland Wolf
- Jeanne Valérie: Faddja Hassen
- Carlo Hinterman: Sgt. Erich Huber
- Howard Ross: Willy Mainz
- Franco Fantasia: Major Dalio
- Hardy Reichelt: Corporal Hans Ludwig
- Fabienne Dali: Simone
- John Stacy: Sir Bryan
- Tom Felleghy: Colonel Ross
- Gianni Rizzo: Perrier