The Fall of Italy

Jul 7, 1981

1h 57m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Jadran Film

Centar film

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Cast

Davorin

Daniel Olbrychski

Veronika

Ena Begović

Božica

Gorica Popović

Mare

Mirjana Karanović

Rafo

Dragan Maksimović

Andro

Miodrag Krivokapić

Ljubo

Dušan Janićijević

Antica

Ljiljana Krstić

Grgo Kusturin

Velimir Živojinović

Niko

Frano Lasić

Krasna

Snežana Savić

Lovre

Izet Hajdarhodžić

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