The Rats of Tobruk

original title:
The Rats of Tobruk
other titles:
Fighting Rats of Tobruk
country / year of production:
Australia / 1944
original length:
85 min. , black/white
premiere:
7 December 1944
genre:
adventure
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director:
Charles Chauvel
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plot synopsis:
After droving cattle in 1939 three Australian friends are, after first successes against the Italian army, besieged by Rommels Afrikakorps in Lybian city Torbruk.
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war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Alistair Thomson. Anzac Memories. Living with the Legend. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
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availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD