Battle of the Commandos (also known as Legion of the Damned) is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as La legione dei dannati), West Germany (where is known with the title Die zum Teufel gehen) and Spain (where is known as La brigada de los condenados).

Cast

• Jack Palance: Col. Charley MacPherson
• Curd Jürgens: Maj. Gen. von Reilow
• Thomas Hunter: Capt. Kevin Burke
• Robert Hundar: Pvt. Raymond Stone
• Wolfgang Preiss: Col. Ackerman
• Helmuth Schneider: Pvt. Sam Schrier
• Guido Lollobrigida: Pvt. Tom Carlyle
• Aldo Sambrell: Sgt. Karim Habinda
• Diana Lorys: Janine
• Franco Fantasia: Schiwers, the French Maquis leader
• Gérard Herter: Lt. Hapke
• Mirko Ellis: Capt. Adler
• Bruno Corazzari: Pvt. Frank Madigan

Release

Battle of the Commandos was released in Spain on August 12, 1969 as La brigada de los condenados. It was released in West Germany on April 17, 1970 as Die zum Teufel gehen.

Year	1969
ReleaseDate	1969-08-12
RuntimeMins	94
RuntimeStr	1h 34min
Plot	Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of 28 slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next one, along with fornicating American explosives technic…
Directors	Umberto Lenzi
Writers	Stefano Rolla, Romano Maschini, Dario Argento
Stars	Jack Palance, Thomas Hunter, Robert Hundar
Produced by	Bruno Bolognesi
Music by	Marcello Giombini
Cinematography by	Alejandro Ulloa
Film Editing by	Giese Rohm, Stanley Frazen
Production Design by	Piero Filippone
Art Direction by	Jaime Pérez Cubero, Piero Filippone
Set Decoration by	José Luis Galicia
Costume Design by	Luciano Sagoni
Makeup Department	Raul Ranieri
Production Management	Mario Campollunghi, Ignacio Gutiérrez, Adriano Merkel, Ramón Sanz
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Lamberto Andreani, Wolf Duschl, Jaime Bayarri
Art Department	Piero Filippone, Pablo Pérez
Sound Department	Bruno Moreal, Leopoldo Rosi
Special Effects by	Fernando Pérez, Pablo Pérez
Camera and Electrical Department	Mario Sbrenna
Script and Continuity Department	Fanny Wessling, Isabel Mulá
Additional Crew	Lamberto Andreani, Giampiero Albertini, Ferruccio Amendola, Cesare Barbetti, Gianfranco Bellini, Fiorella Betti, Luciano De Ambrosis, Arturo Dominici, Mario Feliciani, Gino La Monica, Pino Locchi, Vittorio Sanipoli, Daniele Tedeschi, Sergio Tedesco, Renato Turi
Genres	Action, War
Companies	Tritone Cinematografica, Eguiluz Films, Hape-Film Company GmbH
Countries	Italy, Spain, West Germany
Languages	Spanish, German, English, Italian
ContentRating	Not Rated
ImDbRating	5
ImDbRatingVotes	269
Keywords	world war two soldier,military,colonel,mission,commando