Salt in the Wound is a 1969

1969 in film

The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...

 Italian "macaroni combat

Euro War

Macaroni Combat, also known as Macaroni War or Euro War films, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of war film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by European co-productions notably Italians....

" war film

War film

War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...

 directed by Tonino Ricci and starring Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Woyzeck , Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde .-Early...

 and George Hilton.

Plot

Two condemned soldiers (Klaus Kinski and Rai Saunders) and their overseeing West Point officer survive a Nazi ambush on their way to execution. They make their way to a desolate Italian village which happens to be in the path of a German advance. While there they learn the meaning of self sacrifice and courage when they become emotionally involved in the people and fortunes of the town and must defend the village from the invading Nazi force.

Cast

• George Hilton - Michael Sheppard
• Klaus Kinski
  Klaus Kinski
  Klaus Kinski, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Woyzeck , Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde .-Early...
  
   - Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
• Ray Saunders - Pvt. John Grayson / Calvin Mallory
• Betsy Bell - Daniela
• Ugo Adinolfi - American soldier
• Piero Mazzinghi - Priest
• Enrico Pagano - Mascetti
• Roberto Pagano - The Little Michele
• Giorgio De Giorgi - Captain
• Angelo Susani - Sergeant

Releases

Wild East

Wild East

Wild East, or Wild East Productions Inc., is a New York-based DVD company that specializes in releasing limited editions of spaghetti westerns and other cult Italian and Spanish genre movies.-History:...

 released the film on a Limited Edition NTSC Region 0 DVD double feature with Churchill's Leopards

Churchill's Leopards

Churchill's Leopards is a 1970 Italian"macaroni combat" war film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux and starring Richard Harrison.-Plot:A German SS officer suspects that an officer in command of a dam may not be the loyal Nazi he claims to be...

in 2007.