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A Pilot Returns (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 80 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Roberto Rossellini
- Starring
- Massimo Girotti, Piero Lulli, Piero Palermini, Elvira Betrone, Michela Belmonte, Nino Brondello
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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