Two Years Afterwards - Cassino Filmed, That It May Be Rebuilt -- From the film 'Abbey of Montecassino": after the bombardment, the handful of survivors make their way out of the ruined monastery. In May 1944, the German army at Cassino capitulated,after a terrible bombardment which reduced the little Monastery town on the road to 'Rome to a smoking heap of ruins. Now, two years afterwards, the story of Cassino is being retold in a film made by the Pastor Company, of which the profits will be devoted to the rebuilding of Cassino. May 1, 1946.