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Many Wars Ago is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté
Many Wars Ago (1970)
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Add to a movie listUomini contro (internationally released as Many Wars Ago) is a 1970 Italo-Yugoslav anti war drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is based on the memoir by Emilio Lussu "Un anno sull'altopiano" The Italian title is (most likely) ambiguous and difficult to translate ("Men against" is a word by word translation). However "Un anno sull'altopiano" means "A year on the plateau". The film was screened at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in honor of Francesco Rosi, deceased a few weeks before.
Synopsis
On the Trentino Front during World War One around 1916-17, Italian army officers demand far too much of their men.Actors
Gian Maria Volonté
(Lt. Ottolenghi)
Pier Paolo Capponi
(Lt. Santini)
Alain Cuny
(Gen. Leone)
Franco Graziosi
(Maj. Malchiodi)
Mark Frechette
(Lt. Sassu)
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