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Bengasi (1942) Augusto Genina; Amedeo Nazzari
Bengasi (1942) Augusto Genina; Amedeo Nazzari
 
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In Italian with English subtitles. Also known as Benghazi.

Directed by Augusto Genina. Bengasi was propaganda designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers. It was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won the Mussolini Cup as the best Italian film, while Fosco Giachetti won the best actor award.

The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Captain Enrico Berti, appears to be collaborating with the British...

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