A Pilot Returns

1942 · 81 min · Drama, War

A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. He falls in love with a doctor's daughter and manages to escape during a bombardment. He reaches home, wounded, just as news arrives of the Greek surrender.

Director: Roberto Rossellini
Writers: Vittorio Mussolini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Rosario Leone, Margherita Maglione, Massimo Mida, Roberto Rossellini
Released: April 8, 1942
Language: Italian

Cast

Massimo Girotti
Lieutenant Gino Rossati
Michela Belmonte
Anna
Gaetano Masier
Lieutenant Trisotti
Piero Lulli
De Santis
Nino Brondello
Lieutenant Vittali
Giovanni Valdambrini
Doctor, Anna's Father
Elvira Betrone
Mrs. Rossati, Gino's Mother
Piero Palermini
A Young English Officer
Jole Tinta
Mother of the Sick Child

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