Il grande appello (1936)
1h 20m
Running Time
January 2, 1936Release Date
Plot.
An Italian proprietor of a squalid Djibouti bar collaborated in selling arms to Ethiopians fighting his own country's invasion but after finding his long lost son on the Fascist front he decides to choose patriotism over selfish profit.
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Cast & Crew.
Camillo Pilotto
Giovanni Bertani
Roberto Villa
Enrico
Lina d'Acosta
Pepita
Guglielmo Sinaz
Miller - il contrabbandiere d'armi
Bruno Smith
Il giornalista Patti
Pedro Valdes
Salvador
Mario Camerini
Director
Renato Castellani
Assistant Director
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The Great Appeal (Italian: Il Grande appello) is a 1936 Italian war film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Roberto Villa and Lina d'Acosta. It is sometimes known by the alternative title The Last Roll-Call.
Camerini was considered to have no sympathies with the Fascist regime of Italy, but he made this propaganda film that endorsed the colonial policies of the Italian government. It was one of a number of African-set films made during the Fascist era including The White Squadron (1936), Sentinels of Bronze (1937) and Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938). The film portrays the rediscovery of his patriotism of an Italian, who eventually dies for his country.