The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 75% of the 85 1950s action movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
118 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry HathawayDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
Cast
- James MasonField Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Cedric HardwickeDr. Karl Strolin
- Jessica TandyFrau Lucie Marie Rommel
- Luther AdlerAdolf Hitler
- Everett SloaneGen. Wilhelm Burgdorf
- Leo G. CarrollField Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
- George MacreadyGen. Fritz Bayerlein
- Richard BooneCapt. Hermann Aldinger
- Eduard FranzCol. Klaus von Stauffenberg
- Desmond YoungLt. Colonel Desmond Young
- Paul CavanaghLt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
- George NaderCommando
Stills
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Themes
world war iibiographyhistorical figurenazi officerblack and whitedesertlibyan desertrommelnorth africaoperation valkyrieadolf hitlerel alamein