The Biggest Battle (1978)
February 7, 1978Release Date
The Biggest Battle (1978)
February 7, 1978Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Helmut Berger
Lt. Kurt Zimmer
Samantha Eggar
Annelise Ackermann
Giuliano Gemma
Capitano Martin Scott
John Huston
Sean O'Hara
Stacy Keach
Maggiore Mannfred Roland
Ray Lovelock
Lt. John Foster
Aldo Massasso
Lt. William McShane
Venantino Venantini
Michael
Ida Galli
Sybill Scott
Orson Welles
Narratore
Edwige Fenech
Danielle
Henry Fonda
Generale Foster
Patrick Reynolds
O'Hara's Aide
Aldo Barberito
SS major
Massimo Bonetti
German Soldier
Rik Battaglia
American commando
Andrea Bosic
Mimmo Parnat
Fulvio Mingozzi
French partisan
Tom Felleghy
American General
Robert Spafford
General George S. Patton
Giuseppe Castellano
American Commando
Giovanni Cianfriglia
British Commando
Pierangelo Civera
Gestapo Agent
Claudio Colombi
Gestapo Agent
Geoffrey Copleston
S.S. Colonel Jurgens
Mirko Ellis
German Officer in Bar
Andrea Fantasia
Old French Partisan
Attilio Dottesio
French Bartender
Ermelinda De Felice
French Bartender's Wife
Manfred Freyberger
German in Danielle's Room
Marco Guglielmi
Capt. Fitzpatrick
Franco Odoardi
Wounded Resistance Man
Lorenzo Piani
American Commando
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
American Commando Leader
Lanfranco Spinola
Officer
Max Turilli
Gestapo Agent
Rosario Borelli
British Officer
Bill Vanders
General von Arnim
Guy Doleman
Gen. Whitmore
Karl Braun
Machine-Gun Sergeant (uncredited)
Luther Fear
British Officer with Sean O'Hara (uncredited)
Billy Kerr
German Soldier (uncredited)
Michele Soavi
Ted Foster (uncredited)
Riccardo Petrazzi
Partisan Guard (uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator
Umberto Lenzi
Director / Screenplay / Story
Luciano Catenacci
Communications Officer / British Communications Officer
Cesare Frugoni
Writer
Sergio Borelli
Production Manager
Luciano Sagoni
Costume Design
Alfredo D'Angelo
Set Dresser
Aldo Ciorba
Sound Effects
Frank von Kuegelgen
Sound Editor / ADR & Dubbing
Claudio Morabito
Camera Operator
Francesco Narducci
Still Photographer
Alessandra Pistella
Seamstress
Marcello Longhi
Makeup Artist
Paolo Gargano
Unit Manager
Ciro Russo
Prop Maker
Mike Lamb
Grip
Mino Loy
Producer
Stefano Rolla
Assistant Director
David Blocker
Boom Operator
Mirella Malatesta
Continuity
Franco Micalizzi
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 7, 1978
Original NameIl grande attacco
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Wiki.
The Greatest Battle (Italian: Il grande attacco, lit. 'The Great Attack') is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring an all-star ensemble cast, including Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Ray Lovelock, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Evelyn Stewart and John Huston. The Italian-West German-Yugoslavian co-production was produced by Mino Loy and Luciano Martino for Titanus. It was also released under the titles The Biggest Battle and Battle Force.
The plot centers on a group of German and Allied nationals throughout the early years of World War II, including a British commando (Gemma), an American general (Fonda) and his son (Lovelock), a Jewish actress (Eggar), a war correspondent (Huston) and two very different German officers (Berger and Keach). The film climaxes in a recreation of the Battle of the Mareth Line in Tunisia.