The 1941 siege of tobruk, birth of the rats of tobruk. These are the troops who defended tobruk during the siege. Siege of tobruk simple english wikipedia, the free. Tobruk 1967 internet movie firearms database guns in. Libyan rebels hit cannes red carpet for levy film premiere.
The films title invokes the oath of kufra, made when the free french army scored their first libyan victory in world war ii and vowed to drive the nazis out of france, a parallel which feels. The first and fifth episodes of the series were edited into this theatrical feature film. Their story is based on the siege of the libyan city of tobruk in north africa by rommels afrika korps. The film focuses on the eightmonth conflict in libya that ended the dictatorship of muammar gaddafi. There will be a special screening of the oath of tobruk, bernardhenri levys doc about the fall of moammar kadafi, with four key figures of the libyan revolution in attendance. An abridged version was released in the united states in 1951 as the fighting rats of tobruk. Because it is libyas only natural harbour, tobruk was. Arthur hiller directed this exciting world war ii drama starring rock hudson as major donald craig of the british north african army.
Harker explains that since craig is an expert on the desert, he has been recruited to mount a suicidal raid upon the fuel. The oath of tobruk followers of global politics will be surprised to learn that bernardhenri levy is responsible for the downfall of muammar gaddafi, but thats the story levy tells in the oath. The film follows three drover friends who enlist in the australian army together during world war ii. In 1942, craig is captured by the vichy french, rescued by palestinian jews, and taken to the headquarters of col. Well anyway this terrific action film is finally here. Tobruk is a 1967 american technicolor drama war film directed by arthur hiller and starring rock hudson and george peppard. The film focuses on a joint britishsig special interrogation group raid on the fuel dumps at german controlled port city of tobruk. A counterattack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at tobruk are a critical impediment.
The film is loosely based on the british attacks on german and italian forces at tobruk codenamed operation agreement. Tobrouk, commando pour lenfer 1967 film complet en. The fighting rats of tobruk is a 1944 australian film directed by charles chauvel starring grant taylor, peter finch, chips rafferty and george wallace. The battle started on 11 april 1941, when tobruk was besieged by an italian and nazi german force commanded by lieutenant general erwin rommel. Movie about australian rats of tobruk ww2 rats of tobruk. Trespass, a joel schumacher thriller starring nicole kidman and nicolas cage. Italy a german ally had occupied libya, right next to egypt where the british were heavily ensconced.
Tobruk seems to be the place to be held to the death without thought of retirement. The rats of tobruk film the rats of tobruk is a 1944 australian film directed by charles chauvel. In september 1942, the german afrika korps under rommel have successfully pushed the allies back into egypt. It was the site of antipyrgos, an ancient greek agricultural colony, and thereafter of a roman fortress guarding the cyrenaican frontier. A canadian pow major is rescued by a special british military unit made up of germans to help lead an attack on a. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on abc from september 17, 1978, to august 17, 1980. Tobruk is one of my favorite wwii films of the 1960s and ive always wondered why it had not been released on dvd. Cannes middle east films show arab spring unfurl reuters. An armed forces major is assigned to take a special unit of ninety men across the desert of libya to destroy military supplies in tobruk during the second world war. Tobruk narrates the taking of tobruk as part of a general thrust in north africa by allied forces.
In order to aid the attack, a group of british commandos and german jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the germans of fuel. The movie stars rock hudson, george peppard and nigel green. The weinstein company acquires fallofgaddafi political. A french author who fled to mexico for a quiet life and an actress who is willing to seduce him to get a part in a film adapted from one of his books. The army provided advisers who had served in tobruk. Shot over the course of the eightmonth conflict that put an end to muammar gaddafis reign in libya, the film documents the unfolding of the war and the spontaneous popular revolt that became a revolution through the efforts of the libyan people in their country and. Captured german and italian weaponry was used throughout filming. Horsemen is a more entertaining and better constructed film, fully deserving of its place in the australian pantheon. The rats of tobruk may not be charles chauvels best movie, but it deserves serious consideration as his best movie about war which is to argue that it is in some ways superior to his more famous and betterloved forty thousand horsemen 1940, made four years earlier. Selain itu, film the oath of tobruk juga kontroversial karena keterlibatan bernard henrilevy yang namanya tercatut sebagai sutradara film ini.
They may have sworn the official selection was complete, but the cannes film festival has added bernardhenri levys the oath of tobruk to its lineup. The town later became a way station on the coastal caravan route. This film was made during an atmosphere of hostility in the middle east that would spill over into the sixday war four months after its release. In his film the oath of tobruk, the french writer charts his role in persuading sarkozy to back the libyan revolt fri 25 may 2012 11. In 2004 weinstein was named a commander of the order of the british empire in recognition of his contributions to the british film.
Tobruk was taken and remained in axis hands until their final retreat from libya in november 1942. The oath of tobruk 2012 full movie download full hd youtube. From one report i read, from a rat himself, it seems tobruk was rife with desert rats, described as miniature kangaroos with long, brushed end tails. On 22 january 1941, a joint force of british, australian, and indian troops captured the libyan port city of tobruk making it the only alliedheld city in axiscontrolled territory. Shot over the course of the eightmonth conflict that put an end to muammar gaddafis reign in libya, the film documents the unfolding of the war and the spontaneous popular revolt that became a revolution through the efforts of the libyan people in their country and in major cities including paris, london and new york. New york, may 17, 2012 prnewswire the weinstein company twc announced today that they have acquired u. Taken together, the two episodes ran 148 minutes, without commercials, while the film runs 125 minutes. It is a permanent offensive day after day, night after night. The film was written by leo gordon who also acted in the film and released through universal pictures. The oath of tobruk 2012 full movie download full hd.
If this is starting to sound all too frivolous, cannes has political antidotes all ready to go. Men of the 2th battalion going out through the wire in tobruk, 30 april 1941 awm 007. Leah riches, the patrolling war in tobruk australian war memorial 1 tobruk is not a siege, nor a defence. The siege of tobruk was a battle in libya during the north african campaign of world war ii. The film depicts the operation as being successful, although in actuality operation agreement was a disastrous failure. The alreadycrowded 2011 toronto international film festival lineup just got more packed with the addition tuesday of eight galas and 18 special presentations, including winnie, the biopic of south africas winnie mandela starring jennifer hudson and terrence howard. Tobruk is a 1967 world war ii adventure film directed by arthur hiller and written by leo gordon. French writer and philosopher bernardhenri levy will stride the red carpet at cannes friday with four libyan rebels for the premiere of his documentary on the libyan war, the oath of tobruk.