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From Hell to Victory (1979)  link to From Hell to Victory on IMDb  

Number: 242

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IMDb Rating:
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5.2/10 (263 votes)

Country: Italy, 103 minutes

Spoken Languages: German, French, Spanish, Italian

Genre(s): Drama, War

Director(s): Umberto Lenzi

Cast: George Peppard (as Brett Rosson), George Hamilton (as Maurice Bernard), Horst Buchholz (as Jürgen Dietrich), Jean-Pierre Cassel (as Dick Sanders), Capucine (as Nicole Levine)

Medium: Unknown,

Plot Outline: On August 24, 1939, at a small French cafe, six friends are about to go their separate ways. They vow to reunite on that day each year at the cafe. The film follows each of their lives: one begins work with the French resistance, one joins the French commandos, another is forced to join the Nazi army, one becomes a flier, and the two others are just simple officers. On the day Paris is liberated, the three surviving friends meet at the cafe and get drunk.

Location: M12

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1