''Doomed Battalion'' is a 1932 American
drama film
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directed by
Cyril Gardner
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and written by
Karl Hartl, Patrick Kearney, Paul Perez and
Luis Trenker. The film stars Luis Trenker,
Tala Birell
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,
Albert Conti
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Born in the village of Gorizia (now, part of Italy), Conti achieved mode ...
,
Victor Varconi
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,
Henry Armetta
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and
Gustav von Seyffertitz
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. The film was released on June 16, 1932, by
Universal Pictures
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.
Footage was used from the 1931 German film ''
Mountains on Fire
''Mountains on Fire'' (german: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931 German war film directed by Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Lissy Arna and Luigi Serventi. The film was based on Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly based ...
'' starring Trenker.
Cast
*
Luis Trenker as Florian Di Mai
*
Tala Birell
Tala may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Tala (comics), a fictional character in DC comics
*''Tala'', a 1938 volume of poetry by Gabriela Mistral
*Tala (music), a rhythmic pattern in Indian classical music
* "Tala" (song), by Sarah Geronimo, ...
as Maria Di Mai
*
Albert Conti
Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor.
Life
Born in the village of Gorizia (now, part of Italy), Conti achieved mode ...
as Captain Kessler
*
Victor Varconi
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as Artur Franchini
*
Henry Armetta
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as Angelo
*
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Gustav von Seyffertitz (4 August 1862 – 25 December 1943) was a German film actor and director. He settled in the United States. He was born in Haimhausen, Bavaria, and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81.
Biography
Gustav von Seyffertit ...
as Austrian General
*
C. Henry Gordon as Italian General
*
Gibson Gowland
Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor.
Biography
Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 ...
as Innerhofer
See also
* ''
Mountains on Fire
''Mountains on Fire'' (german: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931 German war film directed by Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Lissy Arna and Luigi Serventi. The film was based on Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly based ...
'' (1931)
References
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1932 films
1930s war drama films
American war drama films
Universal Pictures films
Films directed by Cyril Gardner
American black-and-white films
Films set in the 1910s
Films set in Austria
Films set in Italy
Films set in the Alps
Films shot in Italy
World War I films set on the Italian Front
Mountaineering films
Films based on Austrian novels
Films based on Italian novels
American remakes of German films
American multilingual films
1932 multilingual films
1932 drama films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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