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The Abandoned (1955)

The Abandoned poster
Original title
Gli sbandati
Directed by
Francesco Maselli
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of Italian civilians struggle to survive and maintain their humanity during World War II. The film follows their daily lives and moral choices under the pressures of the conflict.

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What happens

Abandoned (Italian: Gli sbandati) is a 1955 Italian drama film set during World War II directed by Francesco Maselli. It was Maselli's feature film debut. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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