It marked the beginning of the end for the axis in north africa. David ayer returns to wwii for tank thriller elalamein. The emptiness is subtly matter of factually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Dirty heroes 1967, eagles over london 1969, the star 2002, commandos 1968, the lost battalion 2001. Operation agreement, a british landing at tobruk during the night of 14 september, to rescue allied prisoners, was a failure. There are few action set pieces but those present are well done and have an authentic feel. This article includes a list of related items that share the same name or similar names. No name is given to the period from 2931 october, when the. One of michael rennies last films, as general montgomery takes over the british forces and collides with axis forces in north africa. The movie is based on the true story of the world war ii battles. David ayer to direct wwii tank battle thriller elalamein for. David ayer to direct lionsgate wwii tank battle tale elalamein.
Mussolini has given explicit orders that italys forces were to reach the city first. Montgomerys eighth army stops rommels afrika korps in 1942 egypt. The emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Pursued by field marshal erwin rommel, the british constructed an elaborate array of defenses commencing attacks on july 1, axis forces. Set during the titular desert battle of 1942, the film departs from expectation by concentrating on the axis point of view. Elalamein, coastal town in northwestern egypt, about 60 miles 100 km west of alexandria, that was the site of two major battles between british and axis forces in 1942 during world war ii. Concerns a platoon of italian frontline troops fighting in north africa.
The battle was fought between the axis forces, led by general erwin rommel, and the allied forces, commanded by field marshal claude auchinleck. After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive. David ayer is returning to the world war ii tank battle scene, this time for the true story elalamein. It is the only land battle won by the british without the direct support of the americans. With frederick stafford, george hilton, michael rennie, marco guglielmi. Italian and german scouts sweep towards alexandria.
As the allies are about to attack the german and italian positions in north africa, brothers giorgio frederick stafford and claudio borri enrico maria salerno prepare for the oncoming offensive. This film is part of the periscope film llc archive, one of the largest historic military. The battle of elalamein is known for changing the direction of wwii. World war two drama about the 1942 north africa battle at. David ayer to direct wwii tank battle thriller elalamein. The battle swells and eventually the platoon is left to singlehandedly fend of a colossal british tank. It was a battle that lasted 27 days and prevented afrika korps from reaching cairo. Battles of elalamein, 127 july 1942, 23 october11 november 1942, world war ii events. As the allies are about to attack the german and italian positions in north. All those jokes about cowardly italian soldiers wont seem quite so funny after this. In this dramatization of a key battle from world war ii, the story is told from the point of view of the axis forces. Shot from the axis point of view, this tale shows rommel working his strategies against montgomery. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was located on the southern line of front in egypt.
It also directly led the french to begin assisting in the north african theater. It ended the long struggle to control the western desert in northern africa. He most recently completed the gritty urban street crime drama the. According to reports, david ayer is in discussions to director elalamein. The australian 9th division, led by lieutenant general leslie morshead, played a key role in two of these battles, enhancing its reputation earned defending tobruk during 1941.
The north african campaign of world war two in pictures. There are numerous scenes of tank battles between the allied forces led by montgomery and rommels afrika corps. Aug 08, 2019 rommels forces were able to beat back the brits, but only as far as elalamein, egypt, where the allies made a last stand and were able to keep the nazis from taking the continent. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was. Although there was much fighting afterwards, in which many lives were lost, it proved an important step towards the final defeat of axis forces in north africa in may 1943. Slow and pondering at times but decent italian ww ii pic.
David ayer is negotiating to direct elalamein, the true story of a series of epic, bloody battles in the desert that pitted german field marshal erwin rommel against britains eighth. Rommels forces were able to beat back the brits, but only as far as elalamein, egypt, where the allies made a last stand and were able to keep the nazis from taking the continent. Elalamein is the seaward northern end of a 40milewide bottleneck that is flanked on the south by the impassable qattara depression. During rommels epic north african campaign, nazi and italian troops fight shoulder to shoulder to ward off the british forces under general montgomery. David ayer sure must love tanks, because the fury filmmaker in negotiations to direct yet another tank battle movie titled elalamein for lionsgate, collider has confirmed david self wrote the. The axis army of italy and germany suffered a decisive defeat by the british eighth army. The real experiences of the soldiers is depicted, though limited by time. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Rommel, short of fuel and against british air superiority, could not fight a mobile battle to balance montgomerys superiority in combat troops. Meanwhile, field marshal rommel robert hossein commander of the german. Ayer previously directed the wwii tank battle film fury, which starred brad pitt. The movie promises exciting battles in a littleseen setting as far as wwii movies are concerned, which should make for a nice change of pace.
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