
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel(1951)
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.



Ulrich Tukur
Erwin Rommel

Benjamin Sadler
Hans Speidel

Aglaia Szyszkowitz
Lucie-Maria Rommel

Thomas Thieme
Günther von Kluge

Hanns Zischler
Gerd von Rundstedt

Tim Bergmann
Oberleutnant Hofacker

Vicky Krieps
Comtesse La Rochefoucauld

Johannes Silberschneider
Adolf Hitler

Robert Schupp
Aldinger

Maximilian von Pufendorf
Gen. Major von Tempelhoff
Rommel is a action, war, history, drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of nazi, world war ii, army general, rommel. Directed by Niki Stein, it stars Ulrich Tukur, Benjamin Sadler, Aglaia Szyszkowitz. The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
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