Black Feathers

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Black Feathers
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Directed by Oreste Biancoli
Written byOreste Biancoli
Giuseppe Driussi
Giuseppe Berto
Paola Ojetti
Alberto Albani Barbieri
Salvator Gotta
Produced byFolco Laudati
Starring Marcello Mastroianni
Marina Vlady
Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography Fernando Risi
Edited by Adriana Novelli
Music by Francesco Mander
Production
companies
Mander Film
Sirio Film
Distributed byMander Film
Release date
  • 21 November 1952 (1952-11-21)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Black Feathers (Italian: Penne nere) is a 1952 Italian war drama film directed by Oreste Biancoli and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Marina Vlady and Camillo Pilotto. [1] [2] It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.

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Plot

Two young people, Pieri Cossutti and Gemma Vianello, live their love in the town of Stella, an alpine village in Carnia located next to a large dam, not far from the border between Italy and Austria. The Second World War provokes the call to arms of Pieri and his brother Olinto, who must leave his wife and little son. Gemma's father dies during a bombing, and at that point she is welcomed into the Cossutti house.

At the time of the armistice of 8 September, Pieri and Olinto are in Albania, from where - with other Italian soldiers who refuse to surrender to the Germans - they begin a long march to return to their homeland. Among the hardships, the group gradually shrinks and even Olinto dies.

Pieri and a few others arrive in Stella and are able to courageously prevent the Germans from blowing up the great dam. Gemma is injured and Pieri decides to marry her on the verge of death. The woman, however, against all odds, recovers and the two will finally live their complete love story. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. "The Complete Index To World Film: Black Feathers". CITWF.com. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  2. Perra p.50
  3. "PENNE NERE (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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