Once More Unto the Breach
Once More Unto the Breach

Once More Unto the Breach

6.4(7 votes)
2019
1h 10m
Drama
History
War

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.)

Production

Kiné, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Home Movies, RAI

Cast

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)

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