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Die grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino (1958)
Not bad for 1958...
Only a little lose with the facts, but based on a novel. Monte Cassino was a brutal multi-month battle, in very rough physical environment (rugged remote mountains, winter, etc.) that Hitler declared must be held at all costs...the Germans stalled the Allied advance up Italy for months. Not great, but decent period piece, romance, chivalry, in the face of a brutal battle. Told through German troops' perspective. Reasonable effort given the date of the movie to tell fairly truthful tale of a somewhat unknown, but very important World War 2 battle. Acting good for the times, and the Inge character, played by Ms. Geert, a famous German actress of the time, as half of the romance story, is pretty good. Other leads are obviously professional movie actors, script/director on par with a late 1950's Not a masterpiece, but tells the story most viewers don't know.