The Fall of Italy (1981)
1h 57m
Running Time
July 7, 1981Release Date
The Fall of Italy (1981)
1h 57m
Running Time
July 7, 1981Release Date
Plot.
The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy young man joins the resistence, he falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a spy for the Italians. As a result of his liaison and her activity, they are both executed by a Communist comrade - a previous friend. The comrade is dedicated to the hard-line policies of the resistence, until he himself falls in love with the daughter of a bourgeois landowner on the island - a landowner who has collaborated with the Italians. Neither the Italian occupying army (one officer is shown in an attempted rape scene) nor the resistence fighters are stereotyped forces for good or evil, but all are equally subject to the dehumanizing effects of war.
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Cast & Crew.
Daniel Olbrychski
Davorin
Ena Begović
Veronika
Gorica Popović
Bozica
Dragan Maksimović
Rafo
Mirjana Karanović
Mare
Miodrag Krivokapić
Andro
Lordan Zafranović
Director
Dušan Janićijević
Ljubo
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 7, 1981
Original NamePad Italije
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Genres
Wiki.
The Fall of Italy (Serbo-Croatian: Pad Italije), is a 1981 Yugoslav war film by Croatian director Lordan Zafranović.It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1981 Pula Film Festival.