Robert Freitag
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Freitag (7 April 1916 in Vienna – 8 July 2010 in Munich) (legally named Robert Peter Freytag) was an Austrian-Swiss stage and screen actor and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Freitag, licensed... Read full bio →
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Wild Geese II
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
The Great Escape
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security "escape-proof" camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach.
Wilhelm Tell
A 1960 Swiss adventure film directed by Michel Dickoff and Karl Hartl and starring Robert Freitag, Wolfgang Rottsieper and Alfred Schlageter. It is based on the traditional folk story of William Tell. The film was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.
Decision Before Dawn
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information.