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The White Ship (1941) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1941 · 69 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Roberto Rossellini
- Starring
- Augusto Basso, Elena Fondi
Released anonymously under Italian Navy practice, La Nave Bianca is Roberto Rossellini’s first feature-length direction, heavily shaped by co‑writer and supervisor Francesco De Robertis. It blends a documentary portrait of the Italian Navy in World War II, newsreel combat footage, and a scripted love story performed by non‑professional actors.
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