Taxi for Tobruk

Taxi for Tobruk
Directed by	Denys de La Patellière
Written by	Michel Audiard René Havard Denys de La Patellière
Produced by	Denys de La Patellière
Starring	Charles Aznavour Lino Ventura Hardy Krüger
Cinematography	Marcel Grignon Salvador Torres Garriga
Edited by	Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Georges Garvarentz
Production companies	Franco London Films Gaumont Continental Film Procusa
Distributed by	Gaumont Europa Filmverleih
Release date	9 May 1961
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France West Germany Spain
Languages	French German English

Taxi for Tobruk (French: Un taxi pour Tobrouk) is a 1961 war film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura and Hardy Krüger. It was made as a co-production between France, Spain and West Germany. The story takes place during World War II in the North African desert at the Battle of El Alamein. Location shooting took place in Almería in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié.

Cast

• Hardy Krüger as Le capitaine Ludwig von Stegel
• Lino Ventura as le brigadier Theo Dumas
• Maurice Biraud as François Gensac
• Charles Aznavour as Samuel Goldmann
• Germán Cobos as Jean Ramirez
• Ellen Bahl as Frau von Stegel
• Roland Malet as Convict with Ramirez
• Carlos Mendy as German Soldier in Desert with von Stegel
• Jacques Préboist as Convict with Ramirez
• Lorenzo Robledo as German Soldier in Desert with von Stegel
• Dominique Rozan as Parisian on the Champs-Elysées
• Fernando Sancho as German Corporal in the Oasis
• Enrique Ávila as German Soldier Playing Cards

Bibliography

• Hammer, Tad Bentley. International Film Prizes: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1991.

External links

• Taxi for Tobruk on IMDb