The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Acting
James Mason makes Rommel weirdly sympathetic. That's... the point?
Production
Stock footage seamlessly woven with Hollywood fakery.
Writing
Script dodges hard questions while pretending to ask them.
Director
Henry Hathaway
James Mason
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Karl Strolin
Jessica Tandy
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
Luther Adler
Adolf Hitler
Everett Sloane
Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf
Leo G. Carroll
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
George Macready
Gen. Fritz Bayerlein
Richard Boone
Capt. Hermann Aldinger
Eduard Franz
Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg
Paul Cavanagh
Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
George Nader
Commando
Dan O'Herlihy
Commando Captain (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck
German Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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