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Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1943)

Dagli Appennini alle Ande poster
Directed by
Flavio Calzavara
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Marco leaves Genoa in secret to travel to Argentina and find his mother. The story follows his journey across the Atlantic and through South America.

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What happens

Dagli Appennini alle Ande is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara, starring Cesare Barbetti, Leda Gloria, Nino Pavese, Margherita Del Plata and Cesco Baseggio. It tells the story of the young boy Marco who secretly embarks from Genoa to reach his mother in Argentina. The film is based on the story with the same title from Edmondo De Amicis's book Heart. The story has been adapted for film multiple times both before and after. The film was released in Italian cinemas on 12 February 1943. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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