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Battle of the Commandos

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A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1969-08-12

Runtime: 90 mins

Director: Umberto Lenzi

Spoken language: Deutsch, English, Italiano, Español

Genres: Action, War

Original title: Battle of the Commandos

Production Companies: Hape Film, Eguiluz Films, Tritone Cinematografica

Production Countries: Germany, Italy, Spain

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