The Naked Brigade
Directed byMaury Dexter
Written byAlbert J. Cohen
Irwin Winehouse
A. Sanford Wolfe
Produced byAlbert J. Cohen
StarringShirley Eaton
Ken Scott
Mary Chronopoulou
CinematographyAristeidis Karydis-Fuchs
Edited byEleftherios Siaskas
Music byMenelaos Theofanidis
Production
company
Boxoffice Attractions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1965 (1965-04-01)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesGreece
United States
LanguageEnglish

The Naked Brigade is a 1965 Greek-American war film directed by Maury Dexter and starring Shirley Eaton, Ken Scott and Mary Chronopoulou.[1] The screenplay concerns a British girl who becomes trapped on Crete during World War II.

Plot

During the German invasion of Crete in 1941, a British girl is trapped on the island. Eventually she joins the resistance fighters against the Nazis.

Cast

  • Shirley Eaton as Diana Forsythe
  • Ken Scott as Christo
  • Mary Chronopoulou as Katina
  • John Holland as Maj. Hamilton
  • Sonia Zoidou as Athena
  • Kostas Baladimas as Manolakakis
  • Gikas Biniaris as Stavros Karrayiannis
  • Christoforos Himaras as Spyros Karrayiannis
  • Patrick Kavanaugh as Lt. Bentley
  • Sokratis Korres as Lefteris Karrayiannis
  • Karl Nurk as Professor Forsythe
  • Nikos Papakonstantinou as Major Heilmann
  • Clive Russell as Cpl. Reade
  • Aris Vlachopoulos as Father Nicholas
  • Eleni Zafeiriou as Sofia
  • Zannino as Yannis Karrayiannis

Production

The film was shot in Greece.[2]

See also

References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). p. 126.


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