Anzio (1968)

 Italian title: Lo sbarco di Anzio

A war correspondent follows the assault on Anzio in Italy during World War II. He goes through several adventures, first with a battalion, then with a small group of soldiers who see their outfit be destroyed.

Mildly entertaining war drama which according to some IMDB user reviews departs considerably from the real events it purports to depict. The script, especially the dialogue, is amusing in a style that was customary in Italian cheap movies of that era. In fact, the screenplay (based on a novel) is attributed to an English guy, but some Italian names are credited with the "adaptation". It is unclear who did the original work, the English guy or the Italian ones. One actor (Falk) is said to have written his own lines, and his lines are equally amusing, in that same style of the rest of the movie. In the latter part of the movie, there are pseudo-philosophical asides from the protagonist about man's motives for making war; they are very amusing, in the same manner of the rest of the movie.

Rating: 39