Synopsis
World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: the peaceful mountains suddenly become a place where men die. But every story told in this film is a true story.
Cast
Claudio Santamaria
Major
Alessandro Sperduti
Young Lieutenant
Francesco Formichetti
Captain
Andrea Di Maria
Mule's Driver
Camillo Grassi
Orderly
Niccolò Senni
Forgotten
Domenico Benetti
Sergeant
Andrea Benetti
Corporal
Andrea Frigo
Commanded Soldier
Franz Stefani
Saved Soldier
Igor Pistollato
Volunteer Soldier
Carlo Stefani
Combat Medic
Giorgio Vellar
Lookout
Roberto Rigoni Stern
Lookout
Davide Rigoni
Military Chaplain
Sam Ursida
Carabinieri's Appuntato
Niccolò Tredese
Delirious Soldier
Francesco Nardelli
Il Soldato Toni
Brais Vallarin
Seriously Injured Soldier
Andrea Forte
"Little Mouse" Soldier
Riccardo Rossi
"Little Mouse" Soldier's Friend
Stefano Rossi
Dying Soldier
Marco Rigoni
Nurse
Nicola Rigoni
Carabiniere
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