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Once More Unto the Breach (film)

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Once More Unto the Breach
Film poster
ItalianIl Varco
Directed byFederico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini
Written byFederico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini, Wu Ming 2
Produced byClaudio Giapponesi
CinematographyAndrea Vaccari
Edited byMaria Fantastica Valmori
Music bySimonluca Laitempergher
Release date
Running time
70 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian, Russian

Once More Unto the Breach (Italian: Il varco, lit.'The Gate') is a fiction film created with archive materials shot during World War II. The film's premiere took place during the 76th Venice Film Festival. In 2020, the film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori won the award for best editing at the European Film Awards.[1]

Plot

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World War II, 1941. Nazi Germany invades the USSR. Its most faithful ally, Fascist Italy, also sends its first troops to the Ukrainian front. An unknown soldier is one of them. Unlike most of his comrades in arms, he has known the frontline, the bombings and the massacres of war before. And he is scared.

Reception

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  • ""Il varco" on Sales Agent website".
  • Il varco at IMDb

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