''Attack and Retreat'' ( it, Italiani brava gente, russian: Они шли на Восток, Oni shli na Vostok) is a

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directed by

Giuseppe De Santis Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. He was ...

and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Italian soldiers of the

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fighting on the Eastern Front on Hitler's side. Heavily based on diaries and memories of real war veterans.

Cast

* Arthur Kennedy as Ferro Maria Ferri *

Peter Falk Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series ''Columbo'' (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he ...

as Lieutenant Mario Salvioni *

Zhanna Prokhorenko Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trofimovna Prokhorenko (russian: Жаннета "Жанна" Трофимовна Прохоренко, uk, Жаннета "Жанна" Трохимівна Прохоренко; 11 May 1940 – 1 August 2011) was a Soviet and ...

as Katya *

Raffaele Pisu Raffaele Pisu (24 May 1925 – 31 July 2019) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Bologna as Guerrino Pisu into a family of Sardinian origin, Pisu debuted in the drama theater and in 1945 he was one of the founders of th ...

as Libero Gabrielli * Tatyana Samojlova as Sonya *

Andrea Checchi Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor. Biography Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, ...

as Colonel Sermonti *

Riccardo Cucciolla Riccardo Cucciolla (5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film '' Sacco & Vanzetti' ...

as Giuseppe Sanna * Valeri Somov as Giuliani * Nino Vingelli as Amalfitano *

Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation ...

as Loris Bazzocchi * Grigory Mikhaylov as Russian Partisan (as Grigorij Mikhailov) * Erwin Knausmyuller as German colonel *

Gino Pernice Gino Pernice (6 May 1927 – 25 April 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Pernice trained at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici graduating in 1952, and made his professional debut with the stage ...

as Collodi * Boris Kozhukhov as Major * Vincenzo Polizzi as Sicilian

External links

* * Boris Bondarenko (1976). ''Pyramide''. Moscow: Soviet writer. 472 p. 1965 films Eastern Front of World War II films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Giuseppe De Santis Films scored by Armando Trovajoli 1960s war drama films Soviet war drama films Russian war drama films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1960s multilingual films English-language Italian films English-language Soviet films Italian war drama films 1965 drama films Soviet World War II films Russian World War II films Italian World War II films Macaroni Combat films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub