PATTON (1970). Director: Franklin J. Schaffner. General George S. Patton: George C. Scott; Field Marshall Erwin Rommel: Karl Michael Vogler; Karl Marlden: General Omar M. Bradley
The Africa Campaign, only appears at the first part of the movie, when Patton take the direction of the 3rd. American Army. Patton visit the battlefield of Kasserine and verify the american disaster, then take command of that sector and push the Germans to the defeat.
Patton is a 1970 American biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on the biography Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Omar N. Bradley's memoir A Soldier's Story. The film was shot in 65mm Dimension 150 by cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp, and has a music score by Jerry Goldsmith.
Patton won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_%28film%29
The American disaster at the Kasserine Pass... |
A real Heinkel 111... |
Patton's revenge... |
The DAK advance to a trap... |
The end of the war in Africa... |
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