The Desert Fox
Summary:
The Desert Fox is a superb filmed biography of German general Erwin Rommel, concentrating on the period between his retreat from North Africa and his government-decreed death. A brilliant tactician, Rommel earns the respect not only of his own men but of the enemy. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler (Luther Adler), laboring under the delusion that he too is a military genius, deman... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Mason - (Erwin Rommel)
Cedric Hardwicke - (Dr. Karl Strolin)
Jessica Tandy - (Frau Rommel)
Luther Adler - (Adolf Hitler)
Everett Sloane - (Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf)
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Review:
This 1951 production was among the first post-World War II motion pictures to portray a German officer sympathetically -- in this case, Erwin Rommel, dubbed "the Desert Fox" for his wily tactics as a tank commander in the sands of North Africa. To fashion its portrait of him, the film uses a variety of devices: narration that presents him, dialo... Continue >>
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