| Країни: | Філіппіни США |
|---|---|
| Жанр: | воєнний драма |
| Прем'єра в світі: | 7 березня 1964 |
| Режисери: | Жерардо Де Леон, Едді Ромеро |
This gritty, atmospheric war movie dramatizes a chapter of World War II history in which 10,000 Japanese soldiers, fearing execution if they surrendered, disobeyed their own superiors' orders and barricaded themselves in Manila's Intramuros section along with a thousand or so unfortunate civilians. The walled city-within-the-city was built by Spanish colonialists from 1590 onward. Leading Allied forces trying to wear the trapped Axis troops' resistance down is Jock Mahoney as a gruff American officer carrying a big load of guilt from a prior operation gone wrong. Shot in impressive chiaroscuro-lit black-and-white on location, this was a fairly rare U.S. coproduction at the time, though the Philippines would shortly become a hub for English- language exploitation movies (with co-directors Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon among the busiest creators of features designed for both local and overseas audiences). WALLS OF HELL must have been a bittersweet project for de Leon: during WW2 he ...
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Hemisphere Pictures, Filigrana Films
Режисери: Жерардо Де Леон, Едді Ромеро
Сценаристи: Ferde Grofé Jr., Cesar Amigo, Едді Ромеро
Композитор: Тіто Аревало
Оператори: Felipe Sacdalan
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The Walls of Hell
