Year: 1942
Runtime: 80 mins
Language: Italian
Director: Roberto Rossellini
A young Italian pilot is captured and held in a British prison camp after his aircraft is downed during the conflict with Greece. While imprisoned he falls in love with the daughter of a physician, and when the camp is bombarded he seizes the chance to flee. He returns home, badly wounded, just as word arrives that Greece has surrendered.
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