Anzio (1968)
Directed by Edward
Dmytryk this film based on a book of the same name stars Robert
Mitchum, Peter Falk and Robert Ryan. During WW2 Allied forces land at
Anzio in an attempt to bypass the tough German defensive line and
cease Rome.
The plot of this film
inserts a fictional story into historical events, real characters
have their names changed (no doubt for legal reasons) and the the
story never really hits the heights of some of it's contemporaries.
Along the way there are at least some attempts to explore the nature
of war even if they never have any real depth while the mixing of
fiction and non-fiction leaves the film being neither one thing or
the other. Unfortunately there are times where you can see this film
has been made somewhat on the cheap but for the most part it is not a
bad watch for all it's failings.
3/5
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