Massacre in Rome (1973) ( Rappresaglia ) ( Représailles )

Massacre in Rome (1973) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Rappresaglia
Alternate Title: Représailles
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
George P. Cosmatos

Written By:
Robert Katz
George P. Cosmatos

Actors:
Richard Burton ..... Lt. Col. Herbert Kappler
Marcello Mastroianni ..... Father Pietro Antonelli
Leo McKern ..... Gen. Kurt Maelzer
John Steiner ..... Col. Dollmann
Anthony Steel ..... Maj. Domizlaf
Robert Harris ..... Father Pancrazio
Peter Vaughan ..... Gen. Albert Kesselring
Renzo Montagnani ..... Questore Pietro Caruso
Giancarlo Prete ..... Paolo
Renzo Palmer ..... Giorgio
Duilio Del Prete ..... Partisan
Dennis Burgess ..... Guido Buffarini-Guidi
Brook Williams ..... Young German Soldier
Guidarino Guidi
Douglas Hare

Synopsis:

On March 24, 1944, in the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, one of the most infamous atrocities of World War II occurred - the mass execution of 330 Italians in retaliation for the deaths of 33 Germans. The book Death in Rome contends that Pope Pius XII knew of the German plan but did nothing to stop it. In this film adaptation, Richard Burton plays Col. Herbert Kappler, a Nazi officer torn between his devotion to Hitler's cause and his love for Italy when he is ordered by his superior officer, Gen. Kurt Maelzer (Leo McKern), to see that this execution is carried out. Opposing the Germans and reacting against the silence of the Pope is Vatican priest Don Antonelli (Marcello Mastroianni), who chooses to die with the Italians rather than continue to act as a middleman between the German army and the Romans.

In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.

Adapted from the book "Death in Rome" by Robert Katz, based on the Nazi massacre of 335 civilians in the Via Ardeatine caves near Rome in March 1944... a revenge killing for the ambush of a Wehrmacht police column in a narrow street by a group of Italian partisans.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 27 September, 2016.

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