Anzio (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti |
| Producer(s) | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Anzio (1968) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Edward Dmytryk and Duilio Coletti and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
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Location filming for this movie was conducted in and around the environs of Rome, Italy.
The Rapido River was the site of a major assault by the US 36th Infantry (Texas) Division. The attack was repulsed by the Germans with many casualties (143 killed, 663 wounded and 875 missing) The 36th Division was destroyed as a combat capable unit.
Peter Falk in his 2006 auto-biography 'Just One Thing: Stories of My Life' states that he didn't like the script for this movie which he thought was hackneyed and full of cliché. Falk wanted to leave the film for these reasons. However, producer Dino De Laurentiis encouraged Falk to stay by giving him film poster name-above-the-title credit as well as choice of writer for his dialogue. Falk stayed on the picture and apparently actually wrote his own dialogue.
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The Rapido River was the site of a major assault by the US 36th Infantry (Texas) Division. The attack was repulsed by the Germans with many casualties (143 killed, 663 wounded and 875 missing) The 36th Division was destroyed as a combat capable unit.
Peter Falk in his 2006 auto-biography 'Just One Thing: Stories of My Life' states that he didn't like the script for this movie which he thought was hackneyed and full of cliché. Falk wanted to leave the film for these reasons. However, producer Dino De Laurentiis encouraged Falk to stay by giving him film poster name-above-the-title credit as well as choice of writer for his dialogue. Falk stayed on the picture and apparently actually wrote his own dialogue.
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