Attack and Retreat (1964)
Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
Director:
Giuseppe De Santis
Writers:
Sergei Smirnov, Augusto Frassinetti, Gian Domenico Giagni, Ennio De Concini, Giuseppe De Santis.
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Arthur Kennedy as Ferro Maria Ferri |
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Tatyana Samoylova as Sonya |
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Raffaele Pisu as Gabrielli |
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Zhanna Prokhorenko as Katya |
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Andrea Checchi as Sermonti |
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Riccardo Cucciolla as Giuseppe Sanna |
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Nino Vingelli as Amalfitano |
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Lev Prygunov as Bazzocchi |
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Grigory Mikhaylov as russian partisan |
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Gino Pernice as Collodi |
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Peter Falk as lieutenant Mario |
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Vincenzo Polizzi as sicilian |
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Franco Moruzzi as |
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Pasqualino Ferri as |
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Mario Anniballi as |
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Alvaro Ceccarelli as |
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Livia Contardi as |
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Valeri Somov as Giuliani (uncredited) |
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Boris Kozhukhov as italian major (uncredited) |
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Elza Lezhdey as guerrilla woman (uncredited) |
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Danuta Stolyarskaya as guerrilla unit doctor (uncredited) |
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Ervin Knausmyuller as german colonel (uncredited) |
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Lavrenti Masokha as partisan (uncredited) |
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Valeri Golovnenkov as wounded man (uncredited) |
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Ivan Paramonov as german soldier-deserter (uncredited) |
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Otar Koberidze as wounded italian soldier (uncredited) |
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Ivan Savkin as partisan (uncredited) |
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Yan Yanakiyev as major (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as cook (uncredited) |
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Fortunato Arena as Malingering Soldier |
| Writing | Sergei Smirnov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Augusto Frassinetti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gian Domenico Giagni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ennio De Concini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giancarlo Fusco | Author |
| Directing | Dmitriy Vasilev | Second Unit Director |
| Editing | Lina Caterini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Sergio Marcotulli | Sound |
| Production | Massimo De Rita | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Alexander But | Production Manager |
| Production | Isaak Bits | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Gino Santini | Camera Operator |
| Production | Roberto Cuomo | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Ermanno Manco | Production Design |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Camera | Ermanno Consolazione | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Nino Renda | Sound |
| Directing | Luciana Marinucci | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alfredo Marchetti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound |
| Directing | Giuseppe De Santis | Director |
| Production | Gino Millozza | Production Manager |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Editing | Klavdiya Moskvina | Editor |
| Camera | Antonio Secchi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lionello Santi | Producer |
| Directing | Romolo Guerrieri | Co-Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luciana Marinucci | Costume Design |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ennio De Concini | Story |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Story |
| Camera | Valentina Khovanskaya | Director of Photography |