Back The Battle of San Pietro Welsh Die Schlacht um San Pietro German La Bataille de San Pietro French The Battle of San Pietro ID The Battle of San Pietro Italian 산 피에트로의 전투 Korean The Battle of San Pietro Malay The Battle of San Pietro Dutch Bitwa o San Pietro Polish The Battle of San Pietro Portuguese
| The Battle of San Pietro | |
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Written by | John Huston |
| Narrated by | John Huston |
| Cinematography | Jules Buck |
| Edited by | John Huston (uncredited) |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry |
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Running time | 32 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Battle of San Pietro is a documentary film directed by John Huston about the Battle of San Pietro Infine, 60 mi (97 km) from Naples, during World War II. It was shot by Jules Buck. It was released in the US in 1945 but shown to US troops earlier.
Huston and his crew—which included the British novelist and screenwriter Eric Ambler[1]—were attached to the U.S. Army’s 143rd Regiment of the 36th Division. Unlike with many other military documentaries, it was claimed Huston’s cameramen filmed alongside the infantrymen as they fought their way up the hills to reach San Pietro. However, Huston's claim that the film was made during the battle was proven false by the research of Peter Maslowski in his 1993 book, Armed With Cameras.[2]
- ^ Thomson, David (4 May 2014). "The Best World War II Documentary Was Faked". New Republic.
- ^ Maslowski, Peter (1993). Armed With Cameras: the American Military Photographers of World War II. New York: The Free Press. pp. 83–94.
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