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Die grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino

Die grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 34m
DramaWar
5.8
IMDB Rating
165 votes

In 1944, German paratroopers must defend the Monte Cassino area of Italy from Allied attacks while artifacts from the nearby historical abbey are evacuated to the Vatican by army trucks.

Director
Harald Reinl
Writers
J. Joachim Bartsch, Michael Graf Saltikow, Albert Armin Lerche
Stars
Joachim Fuchsberger, Elma Karlowa, Antje Geerk
Release Date
August 26, 1960
Language
German, Italian, English
Country
West Germany, France
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Joachim Fuchsberger
Joachim Fuchsberger
as Oberleutnant Reiter
Elma Karlowa
Elma Karlowa
as Gina
Antje Geerk
Antje Geerk
as Schwester Inge
Ewald Balser
Ewald Balser
as Oberstleutnant Schlegel
Dieter Eppler
Dieter Eppler
as Oberjäger Karl Christiansen
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Carl Wery
as General Heidenreich
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
as Oberstabsarzt Dr. Munkler
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Wolfgang Wahl
as Feldwebel Greinert
Agnès Laurent
Agnès Laurent
as Hélène
Armin Dahlen
Armin Dahlen
as Pater Emmanuel

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Avignon, France
Production
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion

🏷️ Keywords

wehrmachtcatholic priestnazi soldiermonte cassinonazi uniform

🎯 Categories

GermanDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

Hitler's Italian Stalingrad
by searchanddestroy-12020-12-17
9/10

"The German paratroopers, the famous Fallschirmjäger, elite troops who fought in Normandy - Carentan - against the 101st Airborne, US elite paratroopers in fierce melee dog fights, those Third Reich troops were, as the terrific Afrika Korps, not SS troops, committing atrocities against POWs or civilians, they were authentic fighters, noble soldiers. In Monte Cassino, as in Stalingrad - despite the fact that the Russian front was a very brutal and bloodthirsty war - or even in North Africa, you had some chivalry scenes, truce sequences, during which fighters from each side stopped killing each o..."

📖 Synopsis

In 1944, German paratroopers must defend the Monte Cassino area of Italy from Allied attacks while artifacts from the nearby historical abbey are evacuated to the Vatican by army trucks.