Anzio (film)

Anzio
US cinema poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed by	Edward Dmytryk Duilio Coletti
Written by	adaptation: Frank De Felitta Duilio Coletti Giuseppe Mangione
Screenplay by	HAL Craig
Based on	Anzio 1961 novel by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Robert Mitchum Peter Falk Earl Holliman Mark Damon Reni Santoni Thomas Hunter Anthony Steel Wade Preston Arthur Kennedy Robert Ryan
Cinematography	Giuseppe Rotunno
Edited by	Peter Taylor
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production company	Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 24, 1968 (1968-07-24) (US)
Running time	118 minutes
Countries	Italy, United States
Language	English & Italian
Box office	$1,400,000 (US, Canada)[1]

Anzio (Italian: Lo sbarco di Anzio), also known as The Battle for Anzio (UK title), is a 1968 Technicolor war film in Panavision, an Italian and American co-production, about Operation Shingle, the 1944 Allied seaborne assault on the Italian port of Anzio in World War II. It was adapted from the book Anzio by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, who had been the BBC war correspondent at the battle.

The film stars Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, and a variety of international film stars, who mostly portray fictitious characters based on actual participants in the battle. The two exceptions were Wolfgang Preiss and Tonio Selwart, who respectively played Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and General Eberhard von Mackensen. The film was made in Italy with an Italian film crew and produced by Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis; however, none of the main cast were Italian, nor were there any major Italian characters. The film was jointly directed by Edward Dmytryk and Duilio Coletti.

In the English-language version, Italians speak their native language. German military commanders speak English.