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The Fall of Italy (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 117 mins · Serbo-Croatian
- Directed by
- Lordan Zafranović
- Starring
- Daniel Olbrychski, Velimir Živojinović, Mirjana Karanović, Miodrag Krivokapić, Gorica Popović, Ena Begović
Set on the Dalmatian islands under Italian occupation in WWII, a Communist resistance fights sabotage. A wealthy young man joins, falls for an Italian spy, and both are executed by a former friend who enforces policies. He later loves a daughter, showing all sides—occupiers, partisans, civilians—are scarred by war’s dehumanizing effects.
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