The Greatest Battle

The Greatest Battle
Italian DVD cover
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by	Umberto Lenzi Cesare Frugoni[1]
Story by	Umberto Lenzi[1]
Produced by	Mino Loy Umberto Lenzi Luciano Martino
Starring	Helmut Berger Samantha Eggar Giuliano Gemma John Huston Stacy Keach Ray Lovelock Edwige Fenech Henry Fonda
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Cinematography	Federico Zanni[1]
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso[1]
Music by	Franco Micalizzi[1]
Production companies	Dania Film National Cinematografica[1]
Distributed by	Titanus[1] Constantin Film
Countries	Italy West Germany Yugoslavia[2]

The Greatest Battle (Italian: Il grande attacco, lit. 'The Great Attack') is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi^[3] and starring an all-star ensemble cast, including Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Ray Lovelock, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Evelyn Stewart and John Huston. The Italian-West German-Yugoslavian co-production was produced by Mino Loy and Luciano Martino for Titanus. It was also released under the titles The Biggest Battle and Battle Force.

The plot centers on a group of German and Allied nationals throughout the early years of World War II, including a British commando (Gemma), an American general (Fonda) and his son (Lovelock), a Jewish actress (Eggar), a war correspondent (Huston) and two very different German officers (Berger and Keach). The film climaxes in a recreation of the Battle of the Mareth Line in Tunisia.