Six friends (George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Bucholz, Annie Duperey, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Sam Wanamaker) meet in a Paris café in 1939 and vow to return each year at the same time for a reunion. But the impending world war lasts longer than anyone thought, and it delays their rendezvous, with bittersweet results. The sextet separate and go their separate ways, some ending up in the military and some in the French Resistance. Umberto Lenzi (Paranoia, Nightmare City) directed under the pseudonym Hank Milestone. The gorgeous cinematography – at least what isn’t stock footage from other previous Italian war epics – was lensed by future Almodóvar cameraman José Luis Alcane and the score is by Riz Ortolani (Mondo Cane, One on Top of The Other). Co-starring Capucine, Ray Lovelock and Howard Vernon.
