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Le rose di Danzica (1979)

Le rose di Danzica poster
Directed by
Alberto Bevilacqua
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
4h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In World War II, a young Italian soldier is consumed by his love for a Polish woman in occupied Danzig. Their relationship unfolds against the harsh realities of war and loss.

war-tornquietly tragicmelancholicslowreflectivegrittyhistoricalpersonal

What happens

Le rose di Danzica (internationally released as The Roses of Danzig) is an Italian war-drama film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua, that was released theatrically in December 1979 and was later broadcast in a longer version in 1981 on Rai 2. It is based on Bevilaqua's own novel with the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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