Four American soldiers in WW2, after witnessing the vicious murder of an innocent civilian at the hands of their platoon Sergeant, are sent on a reconnaissance/suicide mission led by a local partisan.
Acting
Franco Nero's weathered gravitas anchors the chaos.
Cinematography
Fog-choked Italian countryside that breathes menace.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes silence and unspoken accusations.
Director
Robert Port
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 16 days on a shoestring budget in British Columbia standing in for Italy.
The film deliberately subverts heroic WWII tropes—there are no good soldiers here, only survivors and ghosts.
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