Bengasi (1942)
1h 30m
Running Time
January 10, 1942Release Date
Plot.
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Captain Enrico Berti, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelligence. The film ends with the city being recaptured by Italian troops and their Nazi German allies.
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Cast & Crew.

Fosco Giachetti
Hauptmann Enrico Berti / Il capitano Enrico Berti

Maria von Tasnady
Carla Berti

Amedeo Nazzari
Filippo Colleoni

Vivi Gioi
Vivi Gioi

Guido Notari
Bürgermeister / Il podestà italiano a Bengasi

Leo Garavaglia
Dr. Malpini

Laura Redi
Fanny / Maria detta 'Fanny'

Carlo Tamberlani
Giovanni Galassi
Details.
Wiki.
Bengasi is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. The film was a propaganda work, designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities in "Bengasi Italiana", such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers.
It was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won the Mussolini Cup as the best Italian film while Fosco Giachetti won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added.
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