The Camp Followers (1965)
- Original title
- Le soldatesse
- Directed by
- Valerio Zurlini
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 42 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1942, a young Italian lieutenant is ordered to transport a truckload of Greek prostitutes from occupied Athens to Albania to entertain Italian troops fighting partisans. The film follows their difficult journey through a war-torn landscape.
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What happens
The Camp Followers (Italian: Le soldatesse) is a 1965 Italian World War II film directed by Valerio Zurlini and starring Anna Karina. Based on a 1956 novel by Ugo Pirro, it tells the story of a young lieutenant in the Italian Army who in 1942 is ordered to take a lorryload of Greek prostitutes from starving Athens under Axis occupation to entertain the Italian troops fighting Partisans in Albania. The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Il Grido (1957)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.