World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: the peaceful mountains suddenly become a place where men die. But every story told in this film is a true story.
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Claudio Santamaria
Major
Alessandro Sperduti
Young Lieutenant
Francesco Formichetti
Captain
Andrea Di Maria
Mule's Driver
Camillo Grassi
Orderly
Niccolò Senni
Forgotten
Domenico Benetti
Sergeant
Andrea Benetti
Corporal
Andrea Frigo
Commanded Soldier
Franz Stefani
Saved Soldier
Director
Ermanno Olmi
Screenplay
Ermanno Olmi
Status
Released
Original Language
IT
Revenue
$1,424,898
Production
Ipotesi Cinema, Cinemaundici, RAI Cinema
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