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In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. As they go deeper into the Albanian countryside they find they are being followed by another general who is looking for the bodies of German soldiers killed in World War II.Read moreLess
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. As they go deeper into the Albanian countryside they find they are being followed by another general who is looking for the bodies of German soldiers killed in World War II.
The story
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. As they go deeper into the Albanian countryside they find they are being followed by another general who is looking for the bodies of German soldiers killed in World War II.
Cast & crew
Marcello MastroianniGeneral Ariosto
Anouk AiméeCountess Betsy Mirafiore
Michel PiccoliBenetandi
Gérard KleinGeneral Krotz
Sergio CastellittoThe ExpertExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Giuseppe Tinelli
- Director of Photography
- Luciano Tovoli
- Editor
- Jennifer Augé
- Editor
- Noëlle Boisson
- Editor
- Marie Robert
- Editor
- Mirco Garrone
- Director
- Luciano Tovoli
- Writer
- Jean-Claude Carrière
- Producer
- Michel Piccoli