The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 film by Arthur Dreifuss / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Last Blitzkrieg is a 1959 American war film directed Arthur Dreifuss and filmed at Veluwe and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam for a Columbia Pictures release.[1]
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Directed by | Arthur Dreifuss |
Written by | Lou Morheim |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Van Johnson Dick York Kerwin Mathews |
Narrated by | Dick York |
Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
Music by | Hugo de Groot |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The film is a fictional account of Operation Greif during the Battle of the Bulge, where German commandos attempted to capture several bridges on the Meuse while disguised as Allied personnel. Columbia contract stars Dick York and Kerwin Mathews also star in the film. Technical advisor to the film was Major John W. McClain who was a company commander with the 23rd Infantry.[2] A novelisation of the screenplay was written by Walter Freeman.