Battles of WWII.

Includes a collection of four movies about World War II produced in 1985, 1969, 1971, and 1967. Battle of the last Panzer: Hitler's SS: Drama about two German brothers, one of whom joins the SS while the other tries to maintain an apolitical, academic life. June 1944: the Allies land at Normandy, pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Brentwood Home Video (Firm)
BCI Eclipse (Firm)
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Brentwood Home Video : Distributed by BCI Eclipse, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations.
El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942 > Drama.
Commando troops.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Schutzstaffel > Drama.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Schutzstaffel.
Feature films.
Drama.
History.
1939-1945
Egypt.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
History.
Physical Description:2 videodisc (92, 94, 92, 151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Battles of World War II.
Battles of World War two.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Includes a collection of four movies about World War II produced in 1985, 1969, 1971, and 1967.
Battle of the last Panzer: Hitler's SS: Drama about two German brothers, one of whom joins the SS while the other tries to maintain an apolitical, academic life.
June 1944: the Allies land at Normandy, pushing inland to liberate France. Overlooked in the battle, a German Panzer crew, under their commander, Hunter, has survived. His tank repaired, Hunter begins a desperate flight towards German lines. Tension is high as the tank endures dangers and misadventures on its journey home.
Battle of El Alamein: Montgomery's Iron Back 8th Army against the invincible Rommell's crack AF Corps, as they tear apart the desert world in their rush to death and glory.
Five for Hell: The American Army sends a special commando unit on a suicide mission in the summer of 1944.
Note:Title from container.
"44623-9."
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN8 D0022829 VideoDVD
Credits:Hitler's SS: Metromedia Producers Corporation ; director, Jim Goddard ; screenplay, Lukas Heller ; cinematography, Ernest Vincze. Battle of the last Panzer: Prodimex Film/Hispamer Film. Produced by Prodimex and Hispaner Film ; screenplay by J.L. Merino and Albert Chiarolla ; directed by J.L. Merino ; music by Frank Lavagnino. Battle of El Alamein: Zenith Cinematografica ; Les Films Corona ; produced by Mino Loy, Luciano Martino ; written by Remigio Del Grosso, Ernesto Gastaldi ; directed by Giorgio Ferroni. Five for Hell: Directed by Frank Kramer.
System Details:DVD, double-sided discs.
Cast:
Hitler's SS: John Shea, Bill Nighy, Lucy Gutteridge, David Warner, Warren Clarke, Michael Elphick, Jose Ferrer, Carroll Baker, Tony Randall. Battle of the last Panzer: Stan Cooper, Guy Madison. Battle of El Alamein: Frederick Stafford, George Hilton, Michael Rennie, Robert Hossein. Five for Hell: Klaus Kinski, John Garko, Margaret Leigh.