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Anzio (Italian: Lo sbarco di Anzio), also known as The Battle for Anzio (UK title), is a 1968 Technicolor war film in Panavision, an Italian and American co-production, about Operation Shingle, the 1944 Allied seaborne assault on the Italian port of Anzio in World War II.
With Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan, Earl Holliman. Anzio: one of WWII's bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead--four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome.
Anzio. 1968 · 1 hr 58 min. PG-13. War · Drama. Despite advice to the contrary, an overly cautious General forgoes a wide-open road and finds himself in a battle that lasts four months. Subtitles: English.
Screen greats Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, and Arthur Kennedy star in the riveting war drama ANZIO, a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought.
On 22 June 1944, Dick Ennis, a cynical American war correspondent, lands at Anzio with the Allied invasion forces. Accompanied by Movie (a ranger) and a commando, Corporal Rabinoff, Ennis drives into Rome without encountering any German troops en route or inside the city.
The Allies land in Anzio, Italy--just south of Rome--in January 1944. Two battalions of US Rangers attempt to move inland to Cisterna and are ambushed. A small handful of survivors, including a war correspondent, struggles to return to Anzio.
This sort of sophomoric bugle tooting is in sharp contrast with "Anzio," which is a good war movie and even an intelligent one. It's told from the Italian point of view (in itself a refreshing novelty in World War II movies), and argues that Anzio was a strategic defeat even though a military victory.
Anzio. After Allied forces invade Anzio, seven Americans become trapped behind German lines and must take shelter with a family. Rent Anzio on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it...
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Four months and over 30,000 causalities later, the Allied forces smash through the German lines and victoriously march to Rome. Directed by highly-acclaimed action director Edward Dmytrk (The Caine Mutiny, Back to Bataan), ANZIO is a powerful film and a symbol of heroic tenacity.
Anzio is a film directed by Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti with Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan, Earl Holliman .... Year: 1968. Original title: Lo sbarco di Anzio. Synopsis: One of WWIIs bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead.
