Movie

Once More Unto the Breach

Il varco

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.)

Director

Michele Manzolini

Director

Federico Ferrone

Screenplay

Federico Ferrone

Screenplay

Michele Manzolini

Status

Released

Release date

10/10/2019

Original language

Italian