
Allied and German forces are stranded in desert during WW II and attempt to surrender each other.
Directed by Mino Loy, Desert Assault leans on a strong ensemble — Robert Hossein, George Hilton, Frank Wolff — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1969.
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In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
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