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The Fall of Italy

The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy young man joins the resistence, he falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a spy for the Italians. As a result of his liaison and her activity, they are both executed by a Communist comrade - a previous friend. The comrade is dedicated to the hard-line policies of the resistence, until he himself falls in love with the daughter of a bourgeois landowner on the island - a landowner who has collaborated with the Italians. Neither the Italian occupying army (one officer is shown in an attempted rape scene) nor the resistence fighters are stereotyped forces for good or evil, but all are equally subject to the dehumanizing effects of war.

Top Cast

  • Daniel Olbrychski

    Daniel Olbrychski

    Davorin

  • Ena Begović

    Ena Begović

    Veronika

  • Gorica Popović

    Gorica Popović

    Božica

  • Mirjana Karanović

    Mirjana Karanović

    Mare

  • Dragan Maksimović

    Dragan Maksimović

    Rafo

  • Miodrag Krivokapić

    Miodrag Krivokapić

    Andro

  • Dušan Janićijević

    Dušan Janićijević

    Ljubo

  • Ljiljana Krstić

    Ljiljana Krstić

    Antica

  • Velimir Živojinović

    Velimir Živojinović

    Grgo Kusturin

Overview

The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy young man joins the resistence, he falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a spy for the Italians. As a result of his liaison and her activity, they are both executed by a Communist comrade - a previous friend. The comrade is dedicated to the hard-line policies of the resistence, until he himself falls in love with the daughter of a bourgeois landowner on the island - a landowner who has collaborated with the Italians. Neither the Italian occupying army (one officer is shown in an attempted rape scene) nor the resistence fighters are stereotyped forces for good or evil, but all are equally subject to the dehumanizing effects of war.

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