Film

Texas '46

2002 · 1h 36m · Drama · History · War

IMDb

5.9

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things take a turn for the worse when Manin is brought back from his most recent escape by a patrol force, only to realize that the camp has been evacuated while he was gone. Gartner is forced to keep Manin at the camp until another patrol force can come pick him up. However, no one ever comes. The phone lines get cut, and the two men realize they are completely isolated from the outside world. It is up to each man now to escape the camp.An untold and rarely known fact of US held Italian POW"S

Roy Scheider

Colonel Gartner

Luca Zingaretti

Luigi Manin

Robert Farrior

tenente Donovan

Vincent Riotta

prigioniero italiano

Sue Cremin

Betty

Charles Fathy

Luca

Vincent Ricotta

Giovanni

Mario Opinato

tenente Carlo Ticinà

• Giorgio SerafiniDirector · Writer
• Carlo SiliottoOriginal Music Composer

The Good War - Escape

Release date

January 11, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama, History, War