Once More Unto the Breach (2019)

overview : July, 1941. After the beginning of the German invasion, an Italian soldier, a veteran of the colonial wars, is sent to the Soviet front. As he remembers the fairy tales his Russian mother used to tell him, the train he is travelling in crosses Europe on its way to the vast Ukrainian plains, where the enemy and a cruel winter await him… (Based on the experiences of several Italian soldiers.)

Release Date : Oct 10, 2019

Runtime : 1h 10m

Genre : Drama  History  War  

Companies : Kiné, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Home Movies, RAI

Countries : Italy

Keywords : world war ii, docudrama, semi-documentary, experimental narrative, semi-fiction