Regie:
Nicholas RayCamera:
Michel KelberMuziek:
Maurice LerouxActeurs:
Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Anthony Bushell, Nigel Green, Christopher Lee, Raoul Delfosse, Andrew Crawford, Alfred Burke (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Set during WWII and unfolding mostly in the deserts of Libya, the film establishes a rivalry between its two main characters from the very beginning. The charismatic Captain James Leith (Richard Burton) and his cowardly superior, Major David Brand (Curt Jurgens), both accept a dangerous assignment to be sent to Libya to recover top-secret documents. Before they depart, Brand sees his wife Jane (Ruth Roman) dancing with the Captain, and becomes enflamed with jealousy; it turns out that Leith and Jane were lovers before the war. The rest of the exposition traces the two men's journey, made even more perilous by their intense enmity, and moves toward a climactic ending that plays up the absurdity of war. Refusing to draw a clear division between hero and villain, Ray highlights the way war ultimately reduces everyone to the same petty motivations and empty rhetoric. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Richard Burton
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