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The Fall of Italy
Pad Italije
Directed byLordan Zafranović
Written byMirko Kovač
Lordan Zafranović
StarringDaniel Olbrychski
Ena Begović
Frano Lasić
Snežana Savić
Antun Nalis
Gorica Popović
Mirjana Karanović
Miodrag Krivokapić
Dragan Maksimović
CinematographyBožidar Nikolić
Edited byJosip Remenar
Music byAlfi Kabiljo
Production
companies
Jadran Film
Centar Film
Release date
1981
Running time
114 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

The Fall of Italy (Serbo-Croatian: Pad Italije) is a 1981 Yugoslav war film by Croatian director Lordan Zafranović.[1]

It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1981 Pula Film Festival.[2]

Plot

On a Dalmatian island, the partisan commander Davorin (Daniel Olbrychski) liquidates, according to the party's understanding, an immoral friend and comrade Nika (Frano Lasić) and his lover, Krasna (Snežana Savić), an Italian collaborator. Davorin later marries the beautiful Veronika (Ena Begović), the daughter of a rich local. Owing to Davorin's negligence, the Nazis, Ustashe and Chetniks arrive on the island after Italy capitulates.[3]

The fall of Italy causes armies to mobilise, leads to panic, skirmishes, cruelty and incentifies revenge. The island suffers from said panic and destruction. The commander of a partisan unit, a man dedicated to the cause, falls in love with a girl whose father is a landowner and traitor. From that moment on, he finds it harder to choose between love and freedom, and his resolve becomes weaker. His younger brother, who grew up during the revolution, judges his irresponsible behaviour. This story is followed by a mosaic of other characters and their fates.[4]

Cast

Awards and honours

Awards

Nominations

Legacy

The Yugoslav Film Archive, in accordance with its authorities based on the Law on Cultural Heritage, declared one hundred Serbian feature films (1911–1999) as cultural heritage of great importance on December 28, 2016. The Fall of Italy is also on that list.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Baza HR kinematografije". hrfilm.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  2. ^ "28. Festival igranog filma u Puli" (in Croatian). Pula Film Festival. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Пад Италије (1981)". www.kinoteka.org.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  4. ^ "Pad Italije". filmovi.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  5. ^ "PAD ITALIJE" (in Croatian). 2021-02-02. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  6. ^ The Fall of Italy (1981) - Awards - IMDb, retrieved 2023-11-08
  7. ^ "Сто српских играних филмова (1911-1999) проглашених за културно добро од великог значаја". www.kinoteka.org.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.


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