---
title: 'Bengasi (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Augusto Genina'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bengasi-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034506/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bengasi (1942)

1942 · 90 min · Drama, War · Italy


## Synopsis

Bengasi  is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. The film was a propaganda work, designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities in Benghazi in Italian Libya, such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina)
- **Screenplay:** [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina), [Edoardo Anton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edoardo-anton), [Ugo Betti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-betti), [Alessandro De Stefani](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-de-stefani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Antonio Veretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-veretti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aldo Tonti](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-tonti)
- **Editor:** [Fernando Tropea](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tropea)

## Cast

- [Antonio Marietti](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-marietti)
- [Gabriele Ferzetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriele-ferzetti)
- [Giorgio Costantini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-costantini)
- [Maria von Tasnady](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-von-tasnady)
- [Piero Heliczer](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-heliczer)
- [Amedeo Nazzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-nazzari)
- [Anna Arena](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-arena)
- [Guglielmo Sinaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/guglielmo-sinaz)
- [Ciro Berardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciro-berardi)
- [Aldo Pini](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-pini)
- [Guido Notari](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-notari)
- [Fosco Giachetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/fosco-giachetti)
- [Carlo Duse](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-duse)
- [Giulio Panicali](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulio-panicali)
- [Edda Soligo](https://cinepixo.com/people/edda-soligo)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bengasi-1942
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2895816); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.