Review of The Last Day of the War

I saw this film under the title "The Last Day of the War" which was released by MGM and it completely surprised me as an rather excellent World War II made in Spain. I am not certain if the director (J.A. Bardem) and most of the crew were Italian or Spanish. Bardem (Juan Antonio) and Howard Berk and Sam X. Abarbanel (also producer) wrote the very at times poignant and literate script. It went places where I have never before seen a WWII actioner go, using the very original idea of a continuing plot by the Nazis on the last day of the war. Starring George Maharis as Sgt. Chips Slater and accompanied by some standard faces in European films like Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (credited as Jack Stuart) and Gerard Tichy against a very credible Gerard Herter as Maj. Skorch. Maria Perschy has the female lead. There was even a title song tacked onto the ending, I am not sure if it was written by Franco Pezzullo who is listed as responsible for the music or who sang it, but in any event, the whole production needs to be re-released on home video as a lot of people are missing out on a great story, very well done.