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Paisan (1946)

U 03/29/1948 (US) Drama, War 2h 5m

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There are always opportunities for redemption.

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Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.

Roberto Rossellini

Director, Screenplay, Story
Sergio Amidei

Screenplay, Story
Federico Fellini

Screenplay, Story
Rod E. Geiger

Screenplay
Klaus Mann

Screenplay
Marcello Pagliero

Story
Alfred Hayes

Story
Vasco Pratolini

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Carmela Sazio

Carmela
Robert Van Loon

Joe
Benjamin Emanuel

American Soldier
Raymond Campbell

American Soldier
Harold Wagner

Harry, a German soldier
Albert Heinze

German soldier
Merlin Berth

Merlin, American Soldier
Mats Carlson

Swede, an American soldier
Leonard Parrish

An American soldier
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As the Allies begin their invasion of Italy in 1943, Roberto Rossellini tells us half a dozen stores that might have occurred as the largely American army made their way through the country heading for Rome. These stories are not connected in any individual way, only by virtue of their providing some interesting vignettes illustrating the attitudes of the locals they encounter and the soldier's own behaviour. As they move from Sicily on up the peninsula, we meet a population who have different experiences of the war so far - some barely touched by it, some deeply so - and the US forces are not... read the rest.

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