CinemaOSMovie · 1983 · 1h 32m

The Deserter

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In this tragic story that has an unrealized potential to tug at the emotions, a woman in mourning for her two sons lost in World War I is the only one in her village determined to financially support a war memorial. The village poor have too little money, and the richer are tight-fisted. She has given a whole 15 years of savings -- yet the good priest, for whom she works as a maid, is not enthusiastic about her action because he is worried that the memorial will not remind the villagers of past horrors and suffering but disguise the human cost of war in rhetoric. As the memorial's advocates begin to sustain the day, flashbacks show how the woman's youngest son shot his captain, deserted the army, and came to die of fever while in his mother's care. The priest helped her as much as possible, yet he feels compelled to tell the authorities that her son was a deserter.

Directed byGiuliana Berlinguer

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
IT
Released
February 2, 1983
Studios
RAI

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Isella Orchis

Irene Papas

Irene Papas

Mariangela

Mattia Sbragia

Mattia Sbragia

Saverio

Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti

Father Coi

Creative team
Directed by
Giuliana Berlinguer
Written by
Giuliana Berlinguer
Massimo Felisatti

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