Monte Cassino: The Soldiers' Story

August. 15,2004      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The months-long battle of Monte Cassino, one of the bloodiest of the second World War, is related by the Germans and Allied troops who fought it. Men of the 1st/4th Essex Battalion and the German paratroop regiment are to the fore here, as they were 60 years ago.

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Reviews

BootDigest
2004/08/15

Such a frustrating disappointment

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Ploydsge
2004/08/16

just watch it!

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Crwthod
2004/08/17

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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ThedevilChoose
2004/08/18

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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