Top Cast
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Aldo Giuffrè
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Carlo Giuffrè
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Roberto Bertea
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Vittorio Stagni
Overview
On the Carso front in 1915, Italians and Austrians fight each other without mercy in a suffocating battle. In the trenches, soldiers discuss their lives while the war rages on.
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