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In 1917, Gino Montanari, an elementary school teacher from Romagna, was forced by the principal of his school to volunteer for the First World War because of his libertine and anti-interventionist behavior. With the threat of being expelled from all schools if he refused, Gino was reluctantly sent to the front in a small outpost in Valtellina, where as a heliographer he had to transmit Morse signals with sunlight. His life would be profoundly changed by his encounter with a young illiterate man, with the enemy, and with a series of individuals from various parts of Italy.Read moreLess
In 1917, Gino Montanari, an elementary school teacher from Romagna, was forced by the principal of his school to volunteer for the First World War because of his libertine and anti-interventionist behavior. With the threat of being expelled from all schools if he refused, Gino was reluctantly sent to the front in a small outpost in Valtellina, where as a heliographer he had to transmit Morse signals with sunlight. His life would be profoundly changed by his encounter with a young illiterate man, with the enemy, and with a series of individuals from various parts of Italy.
The story
In 1917, Gino Montanari, an elementary school teacher from Romagna, was forced by the principal of his school to volunteer for the First World War because of his libertine and anti-interventionist behavior. With the threat of being expelled from all schools if he refused, Gino was reluctantly sent to the front in a small outpost in Valtellina, where as a heliographer he had to transmit Morse signals with sunlight. His life would be profoundly changed by his encounter with a young illiterate man, with the enemy, and with a series of individuals from various parts of Italy.
Cast & crew
Paolo CevoliGino Montanari
Antonio OreficeAniello Pasquale
Luca LionelloTenente Italo Mazzoleni
Massimo De LorenzoCapitano Vadalà
Toomas KaldaruFritz
Giuseppe SpataBocia
Nicola AdobatiCarminati
Giuseppe SalmettiGervasoni
Paola LaviniElvira
Silvana BosiMamma di Gino
Ernesto MahieuxPresideExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Francesco Cerasi
- Producer
- Roberto Gemelli
- Director of Photography
- Simone Zampagni
- Director
- Paolo Cevoli
- Producer
- Paolo Cevoli
- Screenplay
- Paolo Cevoli
- Editor
- Simona Paggi
- Producer
- Paul Zonderland
- Writer
- Paolo Cevoli