In his new documentary, the oath of tobruk, bernardhenri levy details how a. Tobruk is a port city on libyas eastern mediterranean coast. Tobruk concerns a british army group assigned the job of getting through the desert to destroy rommels fuel reserves at tobruk. Its an action and strategy game, set in a historical battle specificexact, tank and world war ii themes and it was released on amstrad cpc as well. The film focuses on a joint britishsig special interrogation group raid on the fuel dumps at german controlled port city of tobruk. Siege of tobruk simple english wikipedia, the free. The film, directed by renowned french philosopher, journalist and filmmaker bernardhenri levy, was made over. In september 1942, the german afrika korps under rommel have successfully pushed the allies back into egypt. The film is called the oath of tobruk, a reference to the oath of kufra, made when the free french scored their first victory in libya and swore not to lay down their arms until france was. Tobruk is about an exciting, basedonreallife incident, a stealth suicide mission against the forces of the nazi desert fox himself, rommel. The title of levys film pays homage to this pledge, made on libyan soil six decades ago.
In 1942, craig is captured by the vichy french, rescued by palestinian jews, and taken to the headquarters of col. The film was written by leo gordon who also acted in the film and released through universal pictures set in north africa during the north african campaign of world war ii, it is a fictionalized story of members of the british armys long range desert group lrdg and. It is the capital of the butnan district formerly tobruk district and has a population of 120,000 2011. The films title invokes the oath of kufra, made when the free french army scored their first libyan victory in world war ii and vowed to drive the nazis out of france, a parallel which feels. Arthur hiller, rock hudson, george peppard, nigel green, gene corman, leo gordon. Theres plenty of ingredients here for a suspenseful, emotional, gripping, characterdriven war story.
The film was written by leo gordon and released through universal pictures. Tobruch is a port city on libyas eastern mediterranean coast, near the border with egypt. Months later, it got to my local theater in brooklyn and i saw it again on a doublefeature with 007 in you only live twice, no less. During world war ii, in a battle called the siege of tobruk, allied. The movie stars rock hudson, george peppard and nigel green. A tobruk or ringstand is a type of small concrete bunker, with a machine gun position, which was built by the germans in late 1944, around the meuse river. Based on a true incident, this exciting drama follows a convoy of british and germanjewish commandos as they cross 800 miles on libyan desert to blow up a key nazi fortress at tobruk guarded by general rommels best troops. The oath of tobruk 2012 full movie download full hd. The oil depot,very good film you dont get many with british soldiers in it. Watch the oath of tobruk full movie in hd visit movie 222812 the war in libya as seen from the inside. The battle started on 11 april 1941, when tobruk was besieged by an italian and nazi german force commanded by lieutenant general erwin rommel. The libyan war, brought to you by bernardhenri levy. The seesaw struggle for tobruk would make a great film as the key port city on the north african coast passes from axis to allied hands a few times over the 19401942 period.
Watch the oath of tobruk full movie in hd visit the war in libya as seen from the inside. The film s title invokes the oath of kufra, made when the free french army scored their first libyan victory in world war ii and vowed to drive the nazis out of france, a parallel which feels. Reviewed at cannes film festival special screenings, may 25, 2012. What its about is an allied raid on the fuel bunkers at tobruk that keep rommels panzers going. Tobruk a battalion of czech soldiers endure the horrors of war in the harsh and desolate landscape of the libyan desert during the siege of tobruk.
A counterattack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at tobruk are a critical impediment. The siege of tobruk was a battle in libya during the north african campaign of world war ii. The libyan war, brought to you by bernardhenri levy france 24. Browse our collection of classic, hard to find, out of print and rare movies on dvd. When you are done, confirm your choice by clicking just on the red. It has a tendency toward melodrama, but it had suspense, some good action scenes and i has a fine score.
This film was made during an atmosphere of hostility in the middle east that would spill over into the sixday war four months after its release. Tobruk is a 1967 world war ii adventure film directed by arthur hiller and written by leo gordon. It is a permanent offensive day after day, night after night. Leah riches, the patrolling war in tobruk australian war memorial 1 tobruk is not a siege, nor a defence.
Tobruk 1967 in order to slow rommels advance on the suez canal, a group of allied soldiers cross the libyan desert to destroy enemy fuel reserves and stop tanks dead in their tracks. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The films title is a reference to the oath of kufra, made when the free french scored their first victory in libya and swore not to lay down their. In order to aid the attack, a group of british commandos and german jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the germans of fuel. From july to december 2015, bernardhenri levy and a team of cameramen travelled the kilometres of the frontline that separates iraqi kurdistan from daeshs troupes. Ww2 and the allies have released a british officer from vichy africa the unit is a mix of british soldiers and jewish soldiers the idea is to get into tobruk and destroy. Australians, backed by british artillery and tanks, captured the fortress in the first allied drive through cyrenaica libya, and australian troops, again backed by british artillery, held it against as great odds as have been faced by any garrison in history. A canadian pow major is rescued by a special british military unit made up of germans to help lead an attack on a major nazi fuel depot in tobruk, libya. Set in north africa during the north african campaign of world war ii, it is a fictionalized story of members of the british armys long range desert group and the special identification group who.
Tobruk simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Released in 1987 on commodore 64, its still available and playable with some tinkering. An armed forces major is assigned to take a special unit of ninety men across the desert of libya to destroy military supplies in tobruk during the second world war. You can drag and drop the red marker or just click anywhere else to change the location of tobruk.
Afp french writer and philosopher bernardhenri levy will stride the red carpet at cannes friday with four libyan rebels for the premiere of his documentary on the libyan war, the oath of tobruk. From this journey, comes a logbook in images that offers a privileged view of a war that is unfinished but whose stakes are of global importance. Men of the 2th battalion going out through the wire in tobruk, 30 april 1941 awm 007. French philosopher bernardhenri levy calls for west to intervene in. By 1911, tobruk had become an italian military base. Arthur hiller directed this exciting world war ii drama starring rock hudson as major donald craig of the british north african army.
The oath of tobruk followers of global politics will be surprised to learn that. The siege continued for 240 days up to 27 november 1941. Libya prepares to hold its first free general elections this summer, the oath of tobruk provides an. Harker explains that since craig is an expert on the desert, he has been recruited to mount a suicidal raid upon the fuel. Tobruk 1967 arthur hiller synopsis, characteristics. Tobruk 1967 internet movie firearms database guns in. Rock hudson and george peppard star in the explosive hardhitting world war ii epic tobruk. The oath of tobruk 2012 full movie download full hd youtube. Tobruk is a 1967 american technicolor drama war film directed by arthur hiller and starring rock hudson and george peppard. Just click on the map right at the position where you think tobruk is located. The oath of tobruk followers of global politics will be surprised to learn that bernardhenri levy is responsible for the downfall of muammar gaddafi, but thats the story levy tells in the oath. Tobruk is a 1967 american war film starring rock hudson and george peppard and directed by arthur hiller.