The Fall of Italy

– The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are cont..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 54 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Original Name:
Pad Italije
The Fall of Italy (1981) - Also known as Pad Italije

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.

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Release Date:

07 Jul 1981

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Director:

Lordan Zafranovic

Writer:

Mirko Kovac, Lordan Zafranovic

Main Actors:

Daniel Olbrychski, Ena Begovic, Gorica Popovic, Mirjana Karanovic

Plot:

A partisan commander had to shoot one of his comrades because he had neglected the struggle and turned to a life of lust and vice. When Italy capitulates in September of 1943 and the war seems over for many Partizans, the commander follows the very same path.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10