The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 43 years old

The Fall of Italy

The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy young man joins the resistence, he falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a spy for the Italians. As a result of his liaison and her activity, they are both executed by a Communist comrade - a previous friend. The comrade is dedicated to the hard-line policies of the resistence, until he himself falls in love with the daughter of a bourgeois landowner on the island - a landowner who has collaborated with the Italians. Neither the Italian occupying army (one officer is shown in an attempted rape scene) nor the resistence fighters are stereotyped forces for good or evil, but all are equally subject to the dehumanizing effects of war.

Credits

The Fall of Italy Cast

Name Character
Dragan Maksimović He was 32, 51 years old when he died as Rafo
Mirjana Karanović She was 24, now 67 years old as Mare
Daniel Olbrychski He was 36, now 79 years old as Davorin
Ena Begović She was 21, 40 years old when she died as Veronika
Velimir "Bata" Živojinović He was 48, 82 years old when he died as Grgo Kusturin
Gorica Popović She was 28, now 72 years old as Božica
Dušan Janićijević He was 26, 56 years old when he died as Ljubo
Miodrag Krivokapić He was 21, now 65 years old as Andro

The Fall of Italy Crew

Name Department
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The Fall of Italy (43 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, July 07, 1981
  • Runtime: 117 minutes