Sep 10th  
The Red Tent*     
(Ita/USSR 1969)      
Paramount/Vides/Mosfilm. 121m.

General Nobile reflects on his feelings of guilt having survived his ill-fated 1928 expedition to the North Pole by airship when most of his colleagues perished.
Typical mishmash of an international production of the time, told in jarring flashback which at least allows the star cast to interact with each other (including Connery in a peculiarly elderly make-up as Amundsen), whilst the grim story is eventually told with some pictorial flair and some occasional moving scenes.

Written by: Yuri Nagibin, Richard L. Adams, Ennio De Concini (and Robert Bolt).
Producers: Franco Cristaldi, Victor Freilich.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov.
Starring: Peter Finch, Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Kruger, Eduard Martsevich, Massimo Girotti, Mario Adorf, Luigi Vannucchi.
Photography: Leonid Kalashnikov.
Music: Ennio Morricone (international version).
Editing: Peter Zinner, John Shirley.

THE RED TENT. Sean Connery easily exudes charisma as Roald Amundsen whilst Peter Finch is hard working and diligent as Umberto Nobile. A classic example of the difference between a good actor and a star,