Cast a Giant Shadow(Movie, 1966)

Name: Cast a Giant Shadow
Genre: War
Released: 1966
Duration: T02:26:00
Rating: 3.2

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 26min | Genre: War

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 American action film based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus, and stars Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson. Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed. The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus, who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. ()

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About Cast a Giant Shadow

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: France

Made by: The Mirisch Corporation, Batjac Productions, Bryna Productions, Llenroc Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 16 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 10/12/1966 (World premiere: 03/30/1966)

Appearing Characters: Mickey Marcus, Winston Churchill, Rudolf Heß, Fiorello H. La Guardia

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Stathis Giallelis, James Donald, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Chaim Topol, Michael Hordern, Luther Adler, Gordon Jackson, Gary Merrill, Winston Churchill, Michael Douglas, Rudolf Heß, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Allan Cuthbertson, Jeremy Kemp, Ruth White, Frank Latimore, Seán Barrett, Rod Dana, Geoffrey Palmer

Director: Melville Shavelson

Producer: Melville Shavelson

Screenwriter: Melville Shavelson

Film Editor: Bert Bates

Director of Photography: Aldo Tonti

Composer: Elmer Bernstein

Costume designer: Margaret Furse

Production Designer: Michael Stringer

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La sombra de un gigante"

Keywords: palestinian-israeli conflict, israel

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