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  • Ortona 1943 a Bloody Christmas (2008)
  • TV Special | 55 min | Documentary
Ortona 1943 a Bloody Christmas (2008)
TV Special | 55 min | Documentary
It was the bloodiest and most mysterious battle of the Second World War in Italy. In Ortona, a small seaside town in the Abruzzo region, Germans and Canadians literally fought street by street, house by house, even room by room. Why did ...See moreIt was the bloodiest and most mysterious battle of the Second World War in Italy. In Ortona, a small seaside town in the Abruzzo region, Germans and Canadians literally fought street by street, house by house, even room by room. Why did everyone want to conquer Ortona in December 1943? What was so important about it? And why was it forgotten so quickly afterwards? What embarrassing secret does Ortona hide until this day? Amazing library footage restored in HIGH DEFINITION, never before heard eyewitness accounts, documents that have remained secret until now, German photographs recently found and shown for the first time, astonishing computer reconstructions and moving re-enactments help us to relive not only the political and military climate of the time, but take us back to the narrow alleys of the time, standing side-by-side with the soldiers to discover the embarrassing truth that has remained hidden for over half a century. Written by Fabio Toncelli See less
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Director
Fabio Toncelli
Writer
Fabio Toncelli (written by)
Producer
Roberto Dall'Angelo (producer)
Cinematographer
Maurizio Felli
Editor
Antonio Mendolia
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Nov 13, 2008 (Italy)

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