Siluri umani

original title:
Siluri umani
other titles:
Human Torpedoes, (Torpedomänner greifen an)
country / year of production:
Italy / 1954
original length:
87 min. , black/white
premiere:
29 December 1954
genre:
adventure
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director:
Antonio Leonviola , Marc-Antonio Bragadin
film script:
Marc-Antonio Bragadin , Gian Giacomo Cossa
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cast (role):
Paolo Bergamaschi , Nerio Bernardi , Andrea Checchi
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place during World War II in 1941 and shows the Italians prepare themselves for an attack on the British navy in Crete. Personal stories of the Italian soldiers and sequences from the training for the special mission are combined. In the end the attack, for that they practised so hard is shown.
keywords:
navy , special forces , suicide squad / mission , island , based on a true story , torpedo
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Erich Kuby: Verrat auf deutsch: Wie das dritte Reich Italien ruinierte. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1982. ISBN: 3-455-08754-X
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