A Pilot Returns (1942)
A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. He falls in love with a doctor's daughter and manages to escape during a bombardment. He reaches home, wounded, just as news arrives of the Greek surrender.
Director:
Roberto Rossellini
Writers:
Michelangelo Antonioni, Rosario Leone, Margherita Maglione, Massimo Mida, Roberto Rossellini.
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Massimo Girotti as Lieutenant Gino Rossati |
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Michela Belmonte as Anna |
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Gaetano Masier as Lieutenant Trisotti |
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Piero Lulli as De Santis |
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Nino Brondello as Lieutenant Vittali |
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Giovanni Valdambrini as Doctor, Anna's Father |
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Elvira Betrone as Mrs. Rossati, Gino's Mother |
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Piero Palermini as A Young English Officer |
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Jole Tinta as Mother of the Sick Child |
| Directing | Roberto Rossellini | Director |
| Writing | Vittorio Mussolini | Story |
| Sound | Franco Robecchi | Sound |
| Sound | Pietro Sassoli | Conductor |
| Camera | Alberto Attili | Director of Photography |
| Production | Franco Riganti | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Luigi Giacosi | Production Manager |
| Production | Alberto Tronchet | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Michelangelo Antonioni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rosario Leone | Screenplay |
| Writing | Margherita Maglione | Screenplay |
| Writing | Massimo Mida | Screenplay |
| Writing | Roberto Rossellini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vincenzo Seratrice | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Art | Franco Bartoli | Production Design |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Production | Vittorio Mussolini | Producer |
| Directing | Paolo Moffa | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Crescenzo Gentili | Aerial Camera |