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Once More Unto the Breach

2019

70 minutes

DramaHistoryWar

Overview

July, 1941. After the beginning of the German invasion, an Italian soldier, a veteran of the colonial wars, is sent to the Soviet front. As he remembers the fairy tales his Russian mother used to tell him, the train he is travelling in crosses Europe on its way to the vast Ukrainian plains, where the enemy and a cruel winter await him… (Based on the experiences of several Italian soldiers.)

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Top Cast

Emidio Clementi headshot

Emidio Clementi

Narrator (voice)

Iana Kichenko headshot

Iana Kichenko

Narrator (voice)

Italo Balbo headshot

Italo Balbo

Self (archive footage)

Ewald von Kleist headshot

Ewald von Kleist

Self (archive footage)