Drama ·War · Italy · 1936 · 1h 20m

Il grande appello

Director

Cast

Camillo Pilotto as Giovanni Bertani Roberto Villa as Enrico Lina d'Acosta as Pepita Guglielmo Sinaz as Miller Bruno Smith as Il giornalista Patti Pedro Valdes as Salvador

Crew

Ferdinando Martini — Director of Photography Fernando Tropea — Editor Pietro Solari — Screenplay Mario Soldati — Screenplay Mario Camerini — Screenplay Ercole Patti — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

war

Key Collaborators

Mario Camerini Director Ferdinando Martini Director of Photography Fernando Tropea Editor Pietro Solari Screenplay Mario Soldati Screenplay Mario Camerini Screenplay Ercole Patti Screenplay Mario Camerini Story Mario Soldati Story Roberto Dandi Producer Gino Franzi Production Design

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