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Once More Unto the Breach (2019)

Genre : Drama, History, War

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini
Writer : Michele Manzolini, Federico Ferrone, Wu Ming 2

Synopsis

July, 1941. After the beginning of the German invasion, an Italian soldier, a veteran of the colonial wars, is sent to the Soviet front. As he remembers the fairy tales his Russian mother used to tell him, the train he is travelling in crosses Europe on its way to the vast Ukrainian plains, where the enemy and a cruel winter await him… (Based on the experiences of several Italian soldiers.)

Actors

Emidio Clementi
Emidio Clementi
Narrator (voice)
Iana Kichenko
Iana Kichenko
Narrator (voice)
Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo
Self (archive footage)
Ewald von Kleist
Ewald von Kleist
Self (archive footage)

Crews

Federico Ferrone
Federico Ferrone
Director
Michele Manzolini
Michele Manzolini
Director
Michele Manzolini
Michele Manzolini
Screenplay
Federico Ferrone
Federico Ferrone
Screenplay
Claudio Giapponesi
Claudio Giapponesi
Producer
Andrea Vaccari
Andrea Vaccari
Director of Photography
Maria Fantastica Valmori
Maria Fantastica Valmori
Editor
Simonluca Laitempergher
Simonluca Laitempergher
Sound Designer
Wu Ming 2
Wu Ming 2
Screenplay
Simonluca Laitempergher
Simonluca Laitempergher
Original Music Composer
Filippo De Nicola
Filippo De Nicola
Color Grading
Roberto Cappannelli
Roberto Cappannelli
Sound Mixer
Pierluigi Ballarini
Pierluigi Ballarini
Sound Recordist
Luca Leprotti
Luca Leprotti
Sound Post Supervisor
Marco Furlani
Marco Furlani
Foley Artist
David Paparozzi
David Paparozzi
Assistant Editor
Chiara Petrucci
Chiara Petrucci
Researcher
Nathalie Giacobino
Nathalie Giacobino
Researcher
Cecilia Spano
Cecilia Spano
Researcher
Yulia Chernyavska
Yulia Chernyavska
Line Producer
Oleg Shcherbina
Oleg Shcherbina
Line Producer
Oksana Xaos
Oksana Xaos
Executive Producer
Dmytri A. Borisenko
Dmytri A. Borisenko
Camera Operator

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