The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
Ukraine, 1942. Italian troops are fighting against the Soviet Union. A military chaplain volunteers to stay behind with a badly wounded Italian soldier, even though this means certain capture.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Alberto ConsiglioScreenplay
- Asvero GravelliScreenplay
- Roberto RosselliniDirector
- Roberto RosselliniScreenplay
- Giovanni D'AlicandroScreenplay
- Renzo RosselliniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alberto TavazziMilitary Chaplain
- Roswita SchmidtIrina, the Militiawoman
- Aldo CapacciStudent Soldier
- Franco CastellaniWounded Russian Soldier
- Attilio DottesioWounded Tank Driver
- Doris HildRussian Peasant Woman
- Gualtiero IsnenghiWounded Anti-Bolshevik
- Antonio MariettiSerghej, the People's Commissar
- Piero PastoreBeyrov
- Marcello TanziDiego
- Antonio SurianoNeapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
- Zoia WenedaAnother Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)