Many Wars Ago ( Uomini contro )

Many Wars Ago (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Uomini contro
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Yugoslavia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Francesco Rosi

Written By:
Tonino Guerra
Raffaele La Capria

Actors:
Mark Frechette ..... Lt. Sassu
Alain Cuny ..... Gen. Leone
Gian Maria Volonté ..... Lt. Ottolenghi
Giampiero Albertini ..... Capt. Abbati
Pier Paolo Capponi ..... Lt. Santini
Franco Graziosi ..... Maj. Malchiodi
Mario Feliciani ..... Colonel Doctor
Alberto Mastino ..... Marrasi
Brunetto Del Vita ..... Col. Stringari
Nino Vingelli ..... Wounded Soldier from Naples
Zdravko Smojver ..... Lt. Pavan
Antonio Pavan ..... Avellini
Emilio Bonucci
Francesco Acampora
Luigi Pignatelli

Synopsis:

Italian army regulars resist the orders of a cruel general whose rigid interpretations of the rules call for a man to be shot. Leone (Alain Cuny) orders the execution of an army regular who halted the troops while under enemy fire. A sympathetic lieutenant substitutes a dead body for that of the doomed soldier because he believes the general has been wrong and the man acted normally. Another lieutenant is shot when he refuses to shoot men who have exited quickly from a foxhole under bombardment. This anti-war film illustrates the enemy is not the only force of evil on the battlefield and that war is inherently wrong for everyone involved.

On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.

The story of a division of the Italian army during the first world war.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 28 April, 2010.

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