Once More Unto the Breach

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Once More Unto the Breach (2019)

Directed by Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini

Drama, History, War · 1h 10m

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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Cast

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Emidio Clementi Narrator (voice)
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Iana Kichenko Narrator (voice)
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Italo Balbo Self (archive footage)
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Ewald von Kleist Self (archive footage)

Crew

Director
Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini
Screenplay
Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini, Giovanni Cattabriga
Director of Photography
Andrea Vaccari
Original Music Composer
Simonluca Laitempergher
Editor
Maria Fantastica Valmori
Producer
Claudio Giapponesi

Details

Original title
Il varco
Release date
2019-10-10
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian, Russian
Countries
Italy
Production
Kiné, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Home Movies, RAI