The Best of Enemies (1961)

Directors

Guy Hamilton

Cast

David Niven, Alberto Sordi, Amedeo Nazzari, Michael Wilding, Harry Andrews

The story

In 1941 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in Italian East Africa during the Second World War, British Army Major Richardson is taken prisoner by an Italian detachment on the march in the desert when Burke, the pilot of his reconnaissance airplane, manages to crash. He is questioned by Captain Blasi, but gives only his name, rank and serial number. A British night attack is repulsed, but Italian Major Fornari is killed, leaving Blasi in charge.

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