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{{short description|1968 film by Armando Crispino}}
{{Infobox Film
{{Infobox film
| name = Commandos
| image = Commandos_1968_poster.jpg
| name = Commandos
| image = Commandos-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = ''Commandos'' theatrical poster
| alt =
| director = [[Armando Crispino]]
| caption =
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} -->
| producer = [[Alfonso Sansone]]<br />[[Artur Brauner]]
| writer = [[Menahem Golan]]<br />[[Don Martin]]<br />[[Artur Brauner]]
| director = [[Armando Crispino]]
| starring = [[Lee Van Cleef]]<br />[[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]]
| writer =
| music = [[Mario Nascimbene]]
| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Lucio Battistrada
* Armando Crispino
| cinematography = [[Benito Frattari]]
* [[Menahem Golan]]
| editing = [[Daniele Alabiso]]
* Stefano Strucchi
| distributor = [[Heritage Enterprises]]
* [[Dario Argento]]<ref name="filmportal" />}}
| released = '''Italy''': [[1968]]-[[11-19]]<br />'''West Germany''': [[1969]]-[[08-08]]<br />
| runtime = 110 min.
| story = {{plainlist|*Don Martin
* [[Artur Brauner]]<ref name="filmportal" />}}
| country = {{ITA}}<br />{{FRG}}
| based_on = {{Based on|A short story|Menahem Golan<ref name="filmportal" />}}
| language = Italian
| amg_id = 1:10535
| producer = {{plainlist|*Alfonso Sansone
* Artur Brauner<ref name="filmportal">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/himmelfahrtskommando-el-alamein_ea43d4a728255006e03053d50b37753d|work=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein|accessdate=September 12, 2018}}</ref>}}
| imdb_id = 0062819
| starring = {{plainlist|*[[Lee Van Cleef]]
* [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]]
* [[Joachim Fuchsberger]]
* [[Götz George]]}}
| cinematography = Benito Frattari<ref name="filmportal" />
| editing = Daniele Alabiso<ref name="filmportal" />
| music = [[Mario Nascimbene]]<ref name="filmportal" />
| studio = {{plainlist|* P.E.C.
* C.C.I.
* [[CCC Film]]<ref name="filmportal" />}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|*Columbia Filmgescellschaft mbH<ref name="filmportal" />}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1968|11|19|Italy|1969|8|8|West Germany}}
| runtime = 112 minutes<ref name="filmportal" />
| country = {{plainlist|*Italy
*West Germany<ref name="filmportal" />}}
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'''''Commandos''''' is an [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[war film]] starring [[Lee Van Cleef]] and [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]] and is directed by Armando Crispino. It was released in [[Italy]] on [[19 November]] [[1968]], and rated [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|PG]] in the [[United States]].
'''''Commandos''''' a.k.a. '''Sullivan's Marauders''' is a 1968 Italian-produced [[war film]] starring [[Lee Van Cleef]] and [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]] and directed by [[Armando Crispino]].<ref name="filmportal" /> The film is set in North Africa but was shot in [[Sardinia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commandos film review - The Grindhouse Cinema Database |url=https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Commandos_film_review |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=www.grindhousedatabase.com}}</ref>


[[Dario Argento]] is credited as co-screenwriter.
== Cast ==
* [[Lee Van Cleef]] ... MSgt. Sullivan
* [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]] ... Captain Valli
* [[Giampiero Albertini]] ... Aldo
* [[Marino Masé]] ... Italian Lt. Tomassini
* [[Götz George]] ... [[Oberleutnant]] Rudi
* [[Pier Paolo Capponi]] ... Corbi
* [[Ivano Staccioli]] ... Rodolfo, Radio Man
* [[Marilù Tolo]] ... Adriana
* [[Joachim Fuchsberger]] ... [[Oberleutnant]] Heitzel Agen (Professor)
* [[Heinz Reincke]] ... [[Offizier]] Hans
* [[Helmut Schmid]] ... [[Sergeant]] Miller
* [[Otto Stern]] ... [[Sergeant]] Braumann
* [[Pier Luigi Anchisi]] ... Riccio
* [[Gianni Brezza]] ... Marco
* [[Duilio Del Prete]] ... Bruno


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
It is the middle of [[World War II]] and in the [[deserts]] of [[Africa]], Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have killed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp. Sullivan's commandos are to hold this camp and its weaponry until an American battalion arrives, all the while these Italian-Americans pretend to be Italian soldiers, often hosting the enemy. Lt. Valli is a young, by-the-book [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] who constantly argues with Sgt. Sullivan, who tells his superior that he has no idea what he is doing. One man on the base is an [[entomologist]] who is killed and then things get terrible.
The film is set in the middle of World War II, and in the deserts of Africa, Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. Sullivan, along with Dino, was one of three that survived from the Pacific War against the Japanese, although Lieutenant Freeman was killed in his last mission. Their Captain in charge of the mission, Captain Valli, has several soldiers with special training.

== Cast ==
* [[Lee Van Cleef]] as Sgt. Sullivan
* [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]] as Captain Valli
* [[Giampiero Albertini]] as Aldo
* [[Marino Masé]] as Italian Lt. Tomassini
* [[Götz George]] as [[Oberleutnant]] Rudi
* [[Pier Paolo Capponi]] as Corbi
* [[Romano Puppo]] as Dino
* [[Ivano Staccioli]] as Rodolfo, Radio Man
* [[Marilù Tolo]] as Adriana
* [[Joachim Fuchsberger]] as [[Oberleutnant]] Heitzel Agen (called "Professor")
* [[Heinz Reincke]] as [[Unteroffizier]] Hans
* [[Helmut Schmid]] as [[Sergeant]] Miller
* [[Otto Stern]] as [[Sergeant]] Braumann
* [[Pier Luigi Anchisi]] as Riccio
* [[Gianni Brezza]] as Marco
* [[Duilio Del Prete]] as Bruno

==Release==
''Commandos'' was released in Italy on 19 November 1968.<ref name="filmportal" /> It was released in West Germany as ''Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein'' in several cities on 8 August 1969.<ref name="filmportal" />

==Reception==
In a contemporary review in the ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'', Richard Comb commented that the conclusion of the film was "the kind of meaningless apocalyptic moment much favoured when international producers get together to meditate over mutual insanity in war", and that ''Commandos'' was "rife with such rhetoric, interspersed with all the action cliches of the war movie and fitfully jerking its line with type" <ref name="mfb">{{cite magazine|title=Commandos|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|year=1972|volume=39|issue=456|pages=68–69|first=Richard|last=Combs}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Euro War]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0062819|title=Commandos}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0062819|title=Commandos}}
*{{Amg movie|10535|Commandos}}
*{{AllMovie title|10535|Commandos}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|id=commandos|title=Commandos}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|id=commandos|title=Commandos}}


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[[Category:War adventure films]]
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[[Category:Italian films]]
[[Category:1968 war films]]
[[Category:North African campaign films]]
[[Category:Italian World War II films]]
[[Category:German World War II films]]
[[Category:Films set in deserts]]
[[Category:West German films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Armando Crispino]]
[[Category:Films directed by Armando Crispino]]
[[Category:Macaroni Combat films]]

[[Category:Films with screenplays by Dario Argento]]

[[Category:Films scored by Mario Nascimbene]]
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[[Category:Films shot in Almería]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Menahem Golan]]
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Latest revision as of 13:59, 28 July 2024

Commandos
Directed byArmando Crispino
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onA short story
by Menahem Golan[1]
Produced by
  • Alfonso Sansone
  • Artur Brauner[1]
Starring
CinematographyBenito Frattari[1]
Edited byDaniele Alabiso[1]
Music byMario Nascimbene[1]
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Columbia Filmgescellschaft mbH[1]
Release dates
  • 19 November 1968 (1968-11-19) (Italy)
  • 8 August 1969 (1969-08-08) (West Germany)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • West Germany[1]

Commandos a.k.a. Sullivan's Marauders is a 1968 Italian-produced war film starring Lee Van Cleef and Jack Kelly and directed by Armando Crispino.[1] The film is set in North Africa but was shot in Sardinia.[2]

Dario Argento is credited as co-screenwriter.

Plot

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The film is set in the middle of World War II, and in the deserts of Africa, Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. Sullivan, along with Dino, was one of three that survived from the Pacific War against the Japanese, although Lieutenant Freeman was killed in his last mission. Their Captain in charge of the mission, Captain Valli, has several soldiers with special training.

Cast

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Release

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Commandos was released in Italy on 19 November 1968.[1] It was released in West Germany as Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein in several cities on 8 August 1969.[1]

Reception

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In a contemporary review in the Monthly Film Bulletin, Richard Comb commented that the conclusion of the film was "the kind of meaningless apocalyptic moment much favoured when international producers get together to meditate over mutual insanity in war", and that Commandos was "rife with such rhetoric, interspersed with all the action cliches of the war movie and fitfully jerking its line with type" [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein". Filmportal.de. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Commandos film review - The Grindhouse Cinema Database". www.grindhousedatabase.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. ^ Combs, Richard (1972). "Commandos". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 39, no. 456. pp. 68–69.
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