The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968)
Genre : War, History
Runtime : 1H 45M
Director : Gianni Puccini
Writer : Bruno Baratti, Gianni Puccini, Cesare Zavattini
Synopsis
The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World War 2.
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