Once More Unto the Breach (2019)

10/10/2019 (IT) • Drama, History, War • 1h 10m

Overview

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.)

Once More Unto the Breach (2019)

10/10/2019 (IT) • 1h 10m

Drama, History, War

Overview

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.)

Top Billed Cast

Emidio Clementi

Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Ewald von Kleist

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war ii

docudrama

semi-documentary

experimental narrative

semi-fiction

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