Once More Unto the Breach

6.4 / 10

(7 votes)

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.)

Country:

Italy

Genre:

Drama,

History,

War

Duration:

70 minutes

Year:

2019

Director:

Michele Manzolini

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Company:

Kiné,

Istituto Luce Cinecittà,

Home Movies,

RAI

Cast:
Emidio Clementi

Narrator (voice)

Iana Kichenko

Narrator (voice)

Italo Balbo

Self (archive footage)

Ewald von Kleist

Self (archive footage)

Crew:
Michele Manzolini

Director

Federico Ferrone

Director

Claudio Giapponesi

Producer

Andrea Vaccari

Director of Photography

Federico Ferrone

Screenplay