The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: the peaceful mountains suddenly become a place where men die. But every story told in this film is a true story.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Ermanno OlmiDirector
- Ermanno OlmiScreenplay
Cast
- Claudio SantamariaMajor
- Alessandro SperdutiYoung Lieutenant
- Francesco FormichettiCaptain
- Andrea Di MariaMule's Driver
- Camillo GrassiOrderly
- Niccolò SenniForgotten
- Domenico BenettiSergeant
- Andrea BenettiCorporal
- Andrea FrigoCommanded Soldier
- Franz StefaniSaved Soldier
- Igor PistollatoVolunteer Soldier
- Carlo StefaniCombat Medic