From Hell to Victory

From Hell to Victory
French theatrical poster
Directed byUmberto Lenzi
Story byUmberto Lenzi[2]
Produced byEdmondo Amati[2]
Starring
CinematographyJose Luis Alcaine[2]
Edited byVincenzo Tomasi[2]
Music byRiz Ortolani
Production
companies
  • José Frade Producciones
  • Les Films Princesse
  • Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
  • New Films[2]
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
Warner Bros. (France)[1]
Release date
  • 30 May 1979 (1979-05-30) (France)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
  • Spain[2]
LanguagesEnglish
German
French

From Hell to Victory (Italian: Contro 4 bandiere, French: De l'enfer à la victoire, Spanish: De Dunkerke a la victoria) is a 1979 Euro War film directed by Umberto Lenzi and produced by Edmondo Amati. The international cast stars George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Buchholz, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Ray Lovelock, Sam Wanamaker, and Capucine. The screenplay by frequent Lenzi collaborators Gianfranco Clerici and José Luis Martínez Mollá is based on a story co-authored by the director. The film was a co-production between Italy, Spain, and France.[3]

The plot follows a group of six friends of different nationalities who are forced apart on different sides during World War II. It depicts a number of historical wartime episodes including the Battle of Dunkirk and the Liberation of Paris.[4]

  1. ^ a b "From Hell to Victory (1979)". UniFrance. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference mfb-review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Luis Gasca (1998). Un siglo de cine español. Planeta, 1998. ISBN 84-08-02309-8.
  4. ^ FROM HELL TO VICTORY "(De l'enfer à la victoire)" Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 46, Iss. 540, (Jan 1, 1979): 226.