Women and Soldiers

Overview

Donne e soldati was an example of a ‘decentralised’ production, far from Rome, something that for the most part Italian cinema didn’t fully succeed in achieving until the 1990s. . In many ways the film, which is both Picaresque and anti-heroic, was too far ahead of its time, and it is often considered the precursor to Monicelli’s L’armata brancaleone. This time out, Ferreri takes the reins as producer of the ill-fated undertaking (the two directors will never make another film); however, Donne e soldati, apart from marking Ferreri’s estrangement from Italian cinema for a number of years, today appears to display earthy and carnivalesque elements that will subsequently influence certain aspects of the Milanese director’s vision.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 25, 1955

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German, Italian, Russian

Cast

Marcella Mariani,Marco Ferreri,Sandro Somarè,Gaia Servadio

Director

Luigi Malerba,Antonio Marchi

Writer

Attilio Bertolucci,Marco Ferreri,Luigi Malerba,Antonio Marchi

Producer

Luciana Momigliano

Cinematography

Gianni Di Venanzo

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0046925