Texas '46

Texas '46

96 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 11, 2002

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things take a turn for the worse when Manin is brought back from his most recent escape by a patrol force, only to realize that the camp has been evacuated while he was gone. Gartner is forced to keep Manin at the camp until another patrol force can come pick him up. However, no one ever comes. The phone lines get cut, and the two men realize they are completely isolated from the outside world. It is up to each man now to escape the camp.An untold and rarely known fact of US held Italian POW"S

Texas '46

96 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 11, 2002

Texas '46
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things take a turn for the worse when Manin is brought back from his most recent escape by a patrol force, only to realize that the camp has been evacuated while he was gone. Gartner is forced to keep Manin at the camp until another patrol force can come pick him up. However, no one ever comes. The phone lines get cut, and the two men realize they are completely isolated from the outside world. It is up to each man now to escape the camp.An untold and rarely known fact of US held Italian POW"S
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers RAI, Veradia Film, Telepiù, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Original title Texas '46
Directors Giorgio Serafini
Writers Giorgio Serafini

Cast

Roy Scheider

as Colonel Gartner

Luca Zingaretti

as Luigi Manin

Robert Farrior

as tenente Donovan

Vincent Riotta

as prigioniero italiano

Sue Cremin

as Betty

Charles Fathy

as Luca

Vincent Ricotta

as Giovanni

Mario Opinato

as tenente Carlo Ticinà