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Under Ten Flags

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Under Ten Flags
Italian film poster
Directed byDuilio Coletti
Written byVittoriano Petrilli
Duilio Coletti
Ulrich Möhr
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
StarringVan Heflin
Charles Laughton
Mylène Demongeot
CinematographyAldo Tonti
Edited byJerry Webb
Music byNino Rota
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • 15 September 1960 (1960-09-15) (US)
  • 21 September 1960 (1960-09-21) (Italy)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesItaly
United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million (US/Canada)[1]

Under Ten Flags (Italian: Sotto dieci bandiere) is a 1960 Italian-American war film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, and Mylène Demongeot. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Plot

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Loosely based on actual events during World War II, the film depicts real-life German Captain Bernhard Rogge commanding the navy raider Atlantis, which from May 1940 to November 1941 sank 22 Allied merchant ships. The story alternates between scenes at the Admiralty and scenes at sea, particularly showing Captain Rogge's humanity and chivalrous conduct of his military engagements. Rogge was one of the few German flag rank officers who was not arrested by the Allies after the war, due to his conduct as a military officer. After eighteen months of successful raids, Atlantis is sunk on 22 November 1941 by the British cruiser Devonshire.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960". Variety. 4 January 1961. p. 47.
  2. ^ "IMDb.com: Awards for Under Ten Flags". imdb.com. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
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