Top Cast
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Joachim Fuchsberger
Lt. Reiter
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Antje Geerk
Inge
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Ewald Balser
Lt. Schlegel
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Elma Karlowa
Gina
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Harald Juhnke
Hugo Lembke
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Dieter Eppler
Karl Christiansen
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Carl Wery
General Heidenreich
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Wolfgang Preiss
Oberstabsarzt Munkler
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Wolfgang Wahl
Feldwebel Greinert
Overview
German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.
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