Attack and Retreat
by Giuseppe De Santis
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Actor: Andrea Checchi, Arthur Kennedy, Raffaele Pisu, Tatyana Samojlova, Zhanna ProkhorenkoDirector: Giuseppe De Santis
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Release Date: 1999-10-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: Tapeworm
Studio: Tapeworm
VHS Movie Reviews of Attack and Retreat
Movie Review: the italian story of the war in russia in ww 2
Summary: 5 Stars
i remember watching this movie with my father WAY back in the early 1960,s and i never forgot it. 35 years later i found it was available on the web and bought it immediatley. this film contains some of the most incredible images of the war in russia that youll ever see. im not talking about heavy bloody war scenes like saving private ryan or stalingrad. im talking about an italian soldier who gets shot down in an endless field of sunflowers that seeemed to go on forever as he tries to get close to a russian woman. a scene where two huge armies are facing each other about to go in to battle, a rabbit suddenly runs out on the snowy russian plains between the armies . a russian soldier and an italian soldier chase the rabbit to see who will grab it after it is shot. both armies are cheering theire soldiers on like its a footbal match and suddenly an italian soldier shoots and kills the russian. the russians attack with a vengence. an italian soldier and a russian woman in a frozen blizzard landscape. she trying to escape the partisans he trying to get to italy! suddenly like ghosts in the night there are russian soldiers on skis all around them. they hide , they part and later he finds her frozen corpse. look for a very young PETER FALK in his pre columbo days appearing as an italian doctor! unforgettable film photographed at all the actual locations in russia where the battles with the italian army took place. a unique film half italin half russian with 2 american actors ( peter falk and george kennedy)truly one of the oddest films ever made. released in italy as "ITALIANA BRAVA GENTE". check this wondeful film outMovie Review: Italian Army in Russia 1942
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a first-rate movie which portrays the Italian army in Russia fighting for the axis powers. As an ally of Hitler, Italy had to provide a contingent for his Russian campaign. This movie provides a fairly honest portrayal of average Italian soldiers caught up in a bad cause. The acting is good, and the parts played by Peter Faulk and George Kennedy are very interesting. Faulk plays a wayward Italian doctor, while Kennedy is a fanatical facist officer. All come to grief in the 1942 Russian counter-offensive outside of Stalingrad which virtually wiped the Italian army corps out, and sealed the fate for the Germany 6th Army in the city itself. What makes a good WW2 movie in my opinion is not only the subject and storyline, but also the equipment. There are accurate weapons in this production, including Russian T-34 tanks. Always a treat to see the real thing! This is an Italian movie with English dubbing. As an Italian flick of the 1960s it has some odd moments here and there, and the movies length can be a bit daunting for the faint of heart. Still, the films subject matter and perspective make it unique, and a classic of its kind. You will find interesting comparisons to the recent German release "Stalingrad" which deals with the same time period. Both of these movies are highly recommneded for the WW2 buff, and for those seeking interesting cinema.
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