The Seven Red Berets

The Seven Red Berets (1969)

Sette baschi rossi

Deep in the African Congo, revolution rages and explosive documents have fallen into the hands of nationalist guerillas. The Red Berets are the government's only hope of retrieving papers which could change the course of the war.

Date of release
1969-03-20
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
War
Director
Mario Siciliano

Casting

Interesting facts

Sette baschi rossi also known as The Red Berets, Seven Red Berets and Congo Hell is a 1969 Italian/West German co-production, filmed in Ethiopia, about a fictional group of mercenaries. The film was produced and directed by screenwriter Mario Siciliano in his debut as a director. It was based on the novel Rebellion by Piero Regnoli, under his pen name Dean Craig.

Production trivia

Marturano also acted as the film's armourer and stunt director.

Several of the action set pieces of the film were reused in Siciliano's 1978 Scorticateli vivi (Skin 'em Alive).

Like the 1968 film Dark of the Sun, also about mercenaries fighting in the Congo Crisis, The Seven Red Berets features a train sequence.

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