The Heroes (1973 film)
1973 Italian film
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The Heroes (also known as Gli eroi, Les héros and Los héroes millonarios) is a 1973 Italian war-comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari.[2][3]
Directed byDuccio Tessari
Written bySergio Donati
Luciano Vincenzoni
Luciano Vincenzoni
StarringRod Steiger
Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor
CinematographyCarlo Carlini
| The Heroes | |
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| Directed by | Duccio Tessari |
| Written by | Sergio Donati Luciano Vincenzoni |
| Starring | Rod Steiger Rod Taylor |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini |
| Edited by | Mario Morra |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France Spain |
| Language | Italian |
| Budget | $2,350,000[1] |
Cast
- Rod Steiger as Guenther von Lutz
- Rosanna Schiaffino as Katrin
- Rod Taylor as Bob Robson
- Claude Brasseur as Raphael Tilbaudet
- Terry-Thomas as John Cooper
- Gianni Garko as Schreiber
- Aldo Giuffrè as Spartaco Amore
- Ángel Aranda as Cowlich
- Nino Segurini as German soldier
- Miguel Bosé as German soldier
- Antonio Pica as Dietrich
- Lucia Bosé (cameo)
Production
Yul Brynner was announced to play the lead but pulled out.[1]
Part of the film production was done in the Egyptian Western Desert, several miles near the pyramid of Mydoom. A small Carson City, Nevada was built with river Nile mud on a woven reed and palm baskets but looked authentic from a distance. The city was full scale at the entrance but half-scale behind it.
