Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Three Pilots (1942)

The Three Pilots poster
Original title
I tre aquilotti
Directed by
Mario Mattoli
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young pilots train at an Italian air force academy. They face personal challenges and a shared sense of duty during the war.

patrioticsentimentaldramaticearnestwartimenostalgicsomberstraightforward

What happens

The Three Pilots (Italian: I tre aquilotti) is a 1942 Italian war drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Michela Belmonte, Leonardo Cortese and Alberto Sordi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and at the Accademia Aeronautica in Caserta. The film's sets were designed by the art director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?