Lo squadrone bianco (1936)

Directed by

Augusto Genina

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cavalry lieutenant who is unlucky in love goes to Tripolitania to fight rebels. He redeems himself through his actions in battle.

patrioticromanticdramaticheroicmelancholicseriouswar-tornredemptive

What happens

Lo squadrone bianco (Italian for "The White Squadron") is a 1936 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina. The plot features a cavalry lieutenant, unlucky in love, who redeems himself by battling the "rebels" of Tripolitania (modern Libya). The film won the Mussolini Cup at the Venice Film Festival, during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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