Heroic Charge (1952)
In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol sent on reconnaissance comes under machine-gun fire from the top of a bell-tower.
Director:
Francesco De Robertis
Writer:
Francesco De Robertis
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Dario Michaelis as Captain Valli |
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Tania Weber as Kalina Ifienov |
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Franco Fabrizi as Captain Franchi |
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Alfredo Rizzo as Il Colonnello |
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Domenico Modugno as Soldato di cavalleria |
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Gigi Reder as Soldato di cavalleria |
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Ludovico Ceriana as |
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Giovanni Del Balzo as |
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Odoardo Fiory as |
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Edward Fleming as |
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Romolo Germano as |
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Nino Milano as |
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Luciano Pallocchia as |
| Directing | Francesco De Robertis | Director |
| Sound | Enzo Masetti | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Nicolò Pomilia | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Marcello Andrei | Co-Director |
| Production | Antonio Mambretti | Producer |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
| Camera | Aldo Pinelli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Carlo Bellero | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Odoardo Bandini | Sound |
| Production | Jone Tuzi | Production Manager |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
| Camera | Angelo Baistrocchi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dino Reni | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Romano Sillani | Camera Operator |
| Production | Danilo Marciani | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Francesco De Robertis | Screenplay |
| Camera | Mario Fioretti | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Production Assistant |
| Art | Luigi Gervasi | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Odoardo Fiory | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Piero Filippone | Production Design |
| Writing | Francesco De Robertis | Story |
| Directing | Otto Pellegrini | Script Supervisor |