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| Directed by | Augusto Genina |
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| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
| Music by | Antonio Veretti |
Production company | Film Bassoli |
| Distributed by | Cine Tirrenia |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Bengasi is a 1942 Italianwar film directed byAugusto Genina and starringFosco Giachetti,Maria von Tasnady andAmedeo Nazzari.[1] The film was shot atCinecittà inRome. The film was apropaganda work,[2] designed to support theFascist regime ofBenito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities inBenghazi inItalian Libya, such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunkenAustralian soldiers.[3]
It was presented at theVenice Film Festival and won theMussolini Cup as the best Italian film whileFosco Giachetti won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added.[3]
The film is set in 1941 duringWorld War II, when the city ofBenghazi inItalian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces.Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Filippo Colleoni, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover forItalian intelligence. The film ends with the city being recaptured by Italian troops and theirNazi German allies.
