July, 1941. After the beginning of the German invasion, an Italian soldier, a veteran of the colonial wars, is sent to the Soviet front. As he remembers the fairy tales his Russian mother used to tell him, the train he is travelling in crosses Europe on its way to the vast Ukrainian plains, where the enemy and a cruel winter await him… (Based on the experiences of several Italian soldiers.)
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kiné, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Home Movies, RAI
Keywords
- world war ii
- docudrama
- semi-documentary
- experimental narrative
- semi-fiction
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Top Cast
Emidio Clementi as Narrator (voice)
Iana Kichenko as Narrator (voice)
Italo Balbo as Self (archive footage)
Ewald von Kleist as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Federico Ferrone · Director, Screenplay
Michele Manzolini · Director, Screenplay
Giovanni Cattabriga · Screenplay
Simonluca Laitempergher · Composer
Andrea Vaccari · Cinematographer
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