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Battle of the Commandos (also known as Legion of the Damned) is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as La legione dei dannati), West Germany (where is known with the title Die zum Teufel gehen) and Spain (where is known as La brigada de los condenados).[2][3]

Battle of the Commandos
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by	Eduardo Manzanos Brochero Rolf Grieminger Dario Argento[1]
Starring	Jack Palance Thomas Hunter Curd Jurgens Wolfgang Preiss
Cinematography	Alejandro Ulloa[1]
Edited by	Giese Rohm[1]
Music by	Piero Umiliani Marcello Giombini[1]
Production companies	Tritone Filmindustria Roma S.r.l. Eguiluz Films Hape-Film GmbH[1]
Release dates	12 August 1969 (1969-08-12) (Spain) 17 April 1970 (1970-04-17) (West Germany)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain West Germany[1]

Cast

• Jack Palance: Col. Charley MacPherson
• Curd Jürgens: Maj. Gen. von Reilow
• Thomas Hunter: Capt. Kevin Burke
• Robert Hundar: Pvt. Raymond Stone
• Wolfgang Preiss: Col. Ackerman
• Helmuth Schneider: Pvt. Sam Schrier
• Guido Lollobrigida: Pvt. Tom Carlyle
• Aldo Sambrell: Sgt. Karim Habinda
• Diana Lorys: Janine
• Franco Fantasia: Schiwers, the French Maquis leader
• Gérard Herter: Lt. Hapke
• Mirko Ellis: Capt. Adler
• Bruno Corazzari: Pvt. Frank Madigan

Release

Battle of the Commandos was released in Spain on August 12, 1969 as La brigada de los condenados.[1] It was released in West Germany on April 17, 1970 as Die zum Teufel gehen.[1]

References

External links

• Battle of the Commandos at IMDb

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