Attack and Retreat (1964)

Original title

Italiani brava gente

Directed by

Dmitri Vasilyev, Giuseppe De Santis

Genre

drama film, war film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union, Italy

Runtime

2h 33m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Italian soldiers fight alongside Germans on the Eastern Front during World War II. The story follows their experiences using real diaries and memories from veterans.

somberharrowingbleakreflectivevisceralploddingintimate

What happens

Attack and Retreat (Italian: Italiani brava gente, Russian: Они шли на Восток, romanized: Oni shli na Vostok) is a Soviet-Italian war drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Italian soldiers of the Italian Army in Russia fighting on the Eastern Front on Hitler's side. Heavily based on diaries and memories of real war veterans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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