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Battleground (1949)

Original title: battleground
Production: USA|118 min| black and white
Dramatic, Action, War
Poster of movie Battleground
true tale about a squad of the 101st airborne division coping with being trapped by the nazis in the besieged city of bastogne, belgium during the battle of the bulge in december of 1944.

Festivals and awards

Oscar 1950 - logo Oscar Best Original Screenplay
Assigned to: Robert Pirosh
Oscar 1950 - logo Oscar Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Assigned to: Paul Vogel
Golden Globe 1950 - logo Golden Globe miglior attore non protagonista
Assigned to: James Whitmore

Historical episodes of setting

Offensiva delle Ardenne
More generally: Seconda guerra mondiale

Direction

William A. WellmanWilliam A. Wellman: regista

Production and Screenplay

Robert PiroshRobert Pirosh: produttore
Robert PiroshRobert Pirosh: sceneggiatore
Dore Schary: produttore

Interpreters and Characters

Jerome Courtland(età:23)
(Abele)
Denise DarcelDenise Darcel(età:24)
(Denise)
Van JohnsonVan Johnson(età:33)
(pfc. holley)
James WhitmoreJames Whitmore(età:28)
(sgt. kinnie)
John HodiakJohn Hodiak(età:35)
(pvt. donald jarvess)
George I MurphyGeorge I Murphy(età:47)
(pvt. ernest j. 'papà' stazak)
Bruce Cowling(età:30)
(sgt wolowicz)
Marshall ThompsonMarshall Thompson(età:24)
(pvt. jim layton)
Don TaylorDon Taylor(età:29)
(standiferd)
Douglas FowleyDouglas Fowley(età:38)
(pvt. 'kipp' kippton)
Leon AmesLeon Ames(età:47)
(the chaplain)
Ricardo MontalbanRicardo Montalban(età:29)
(pvt. johnny roderigues)
Richard JaeckelRichard Jaeckel(età:23)
(bettis)
Herbert AndersonHerbert Anderson(età:32)
(hansan)
trailer narrator
Dewey MartinDewey Martin(età:26)
Henry RowlandHenry Rowland(età:36)
Neville BrandNeville Brand(età:29)
James ArnessJames Arness(età:26)
Jerry ParisJerry Paris(età:24)
William SelfWilliam Self(età:28)
Tommy Noonan
Scotty BeckettScotty Beckett(età:20)
Tommy Kelly(età:24)
George ChandlerGeorge Chandler(età:51)
Ian Mcdonald(età:35)
Otto ReichowOtto Reichow(età:45)
Ivan TriesaultIvan Triesault(età:51)
Martha Bamattre(età:58)
Albert Pollet(età:60)
Roland VarnoRoland Varno(età:41)
Bill ErwinBill Erwin(età:35)
David Holt(età:22)
Tommy BondTommy Bond(età:23)
Brett King(età:29)
Dickie JonesDickie Jones(età:22)
Chris Drake(età:26)
Janine PerreauJanine Perreau(età:7)
Steve Pendleton(età:41)
Irene Seidner(età:69)
Fred Zendar(età:42)
Jean Del valJean Del val(età:58)
John Mylong(età:57)
Edmund Glover(età:38)
William Murphy (attore)(età:28)
Robert Boon(età:33)
Nelson Scott
George Offerman jr.(età:32)
Jim Drum(età:29)
John Mansfield(età:33)
Herman José
Richard Bartlett
Edmon Ryan(età:44)
Victor Paul(età:22)
Phillip PinePhillip Pine(età:29)
Ward Wood(età:25)
Arthur Walsh(età:26)
Gene CooganGene Coogan(età:40)
Carl Saxe(età:39)
Roger Mcgee(età:27)
Joel Allen(età:36)
William F. leicester(età:34)
Nan Boardman(età:46)
Tommy Walker
George Dee(età:48)
Norman Budd(età:35)
Dan Foster(età:29)
Tony Christian
Bert Davidson(età:35)
John Dutra(età:24)
Richard Irving
Peter Michael
Jimmy Martin(età:22)
Billy Lechner(età:25)
Thomas E. Breen(età:25)
John R. reillyJohn R. reilly(età:29)
Gretl Dupont(età:56)
Gene Garrick(età:34)
Louise Colombet(età:63)
John Gardner
Charles Smith(età:29)
Victor Desny(età:43)
John Corey
Ted Eckelberry
Michael Browne
Lillian Clayes(età:68)
Martin Lowell
Sammy Resnick
Jon Riffel

Technical staff

Lennie Hayton: musiche
Cedric GibbonsCedric Gibbons: scenografo
Hans Peters: scenografo
Jack DawnJack Dawn: truccatore
Edwin B. WillisEdwin B. Willis: arredatore
Paul VogelPaul Vogel: direttore della fotografia
ManJohn D. dunning: montatore

Voices and Dubbing

Version Italia(1949)

Mario PisuMario Pisu Voice of Bruce Cowling
Giuseppe RinaldiGiuseppe Rinaldi Voice of Van Johnson
Renato TuriRenato Turi Voice of Don Taylor
Giulio PanicaliGiulio Panicali Voice of John Hodiak
Adolfo GeriAdolfo Geri Voice of Ricardo Montalban
Mauro ZambutoMauro Zambuto Voice of Marshall Thompson
Vinicio SofiaVinicio Sofia Voice of James Whitmore
Pino LocchiPino Locchi Voice of Richard Jaeckel
Sandro RuffiniSandro Ruffini Voice of Leon Ames
Gualtiero De AngelisGualtiero De Angelis Voice of George I Murphy
Stefano SibaldiStefano Sibaldi Voice of Douglas Fowley