The Rats of Tobruk (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Charles Chauvel |
| Producer(s) | Charles Chauvel |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
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The Rats of Tobruk (1944) was a Action - War Film directed by Charles Chauvel and produced by Charles Chauvel.
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According to the book 'Bill Collins' Book of Movies' by Bill Collins, the film was " . . . released late in 1944, and was a timely, authentic tribute paid by an Australian patriot to the durability and heroism of the AIF Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East. The director Charles Chauvel and his wife, Elsa Elsa Chauvel based their screenplay on material supplied by General Morshead and men who endured the siege. The film was made with the co-operation of the Departments of Information and the Army."
The film's closing epilogue and remembrance statement reads: "At the going down of the sun - And in the morning - We will remember them - 'THE RATS OF TOBRUK'."
The film's dedication and opening prologue states: "For eight months at Tobruk in 1941 fifteen thousand Australians and eight thousand British and Indian troops held a German army seven times their number and in seven time their armour. The Germans, understanding machines, but not these men, flung an insult to them in a name - "The Rats of Tobruk." This insult they carried on their bayonets right into the ranks of the oncoming German hordes. It has become one of the finest epitaphs of the war. To these men who could never be driven from their firing posts before Rommel, we pay homage - - "THE RATS OF TOBRUK"."
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The film's closing epilogue and remembrance statement reads: "At the going down of the sun - And in the morning - We will remember them - 'THE RATS OF TOBRUK'."
The film's dedication and opening prologue states: "For eight months at Tobruk in 1941 fifteen thousand Australians and eight thousand British and Indian troops held a German army seven times their number and in seven time their armour. The Germans, understanding machines, but not these men, flung an insult to them in a name - "The Rats of Tobruk." This insult they carried on their bayonets right into the ranks of the oncoming German hordes. It has become one of the finest epitaphs of the war. To these men who could never be driven from their firing posts before Rommel, we pay homage - - "THE RATS OF TOBRUK"."
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