The Great Appeal | |
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Directed by | Mario Camerini |
Written by |
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Produced by | Roberto Dandi |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Massimo Terzano |
Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
Music by | Annibale Bizzelli |
Production company | Artisti Associati |
Distributed by | Artisti Associati |
Release date | November 1936 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Great Appeal (Italian: Il Grande appello) is a 1936 Italian war film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Roberto Villa and Lina d'Acosta. It is sometimes known by the alternative title The Last Roll-Call.
Camerini was considered to have no sympathies with the Fascist regime of Italy, but he made this propaganda film that endorsed the colonial policies of the Italian government. [1] It was one of a number of African-set films made during the Fascist era including The White Squadron (1936), Sentinels of Bronze (1937) and Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938). [2] The film portrays the rediscovery of his patriotism of an Italian, who eventually dies for his country.
Giovanni Bertani is a rootless Italian emigrant who is currently running a hotel in French Djibouti. Although his son Enrico is serving with the Italian forces in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he sells arms to the Abyssinian forces fighting them. Following a journey to Abyssinia Giovanni regains his sense of Italian identity, and is fatally wounded blowing up the shipment of arms to the Abyssinians. [3]
The Great Appeal | |
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Directed by | Mario Camerini |
Written by |
|
Produced by | Roberto Dandi |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Massimo Terzano |
Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
Music by | Annibale Bizzelli |
Production company | Artisti Associati |
Distributed by | Artisti Associati |
Release date | November 1936 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Great Appeal (Italian: Il Grande appello) is a 1936 Italian war film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Roberto Villa and Lina d'Acosta. It is sometimes known by the alternative title The Last Roll-Call.
Camerini was considered to have no sympathies with the Fascist regime of Italy, but he made this propaganda film that endorsed the colonial policies of the Italian government. [1] It was one of a number of African-set films made during the Fascist era including The White Squadron (1936), Sentinels of Bronze (1937) and Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938). [2] The film portrays the rediscovery of his patriotism of an Italian, who eventually dies for his country.
Giovanni Bertani is a rootless Italian emigrant who is currently running a hotel in French Djibouti. Although his son Enrico is serving with the Italian forces in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he sells arms to the Abyssinian forces fighting them. Following a journey to Abyssinia Giovanni regains his sense of Italian identity, and is fatally wounded blowing up the shipment of arms to the Abyssinians. [3]