The Battle of San Pietro

Name: The Battle of San Pietro
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 1945-05-03
Rating: 6.117

WarDocumentary38m

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Popcornmeter

6.1

TMDB

Storyline

This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorJohn Huston

ReleasedMay 3, 1945

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

U.S. Army Pictorial Services

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

4 fresh · 0 rotten

John McCarten

RTThe New YorkerOct 16, 2021

The best documentary to come out of the war.

Dave Kehr

RTChicago ReaderApr 6, 2010

A great film, and certainly among Huston's best work.

James Agee

RTThe NationJun 23, 2021

No war film I have seen has been quite so attentive to the heaviness of casualties, and to the number of yards gained or lost, in such an action; none has so levelly watched and implied what it meant, in such full and complex terms.

Dennis Schwartz

RTDennis Schwartz Movie ReviewsMay 2, 2010

Gritty, realistic, extraordinary World War II documentary.