Once More Unto the Breach
MovieTitle | Il varco |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Oct 10, 2019 |
Genre | Drama, History, War |
Director | Federico Ferrone , Michele Manzolini |
Production country | Italy |
Production companies | Kiné, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Home Movies, RAI |
Run time | 70 min. |
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.)