Attack and Retreat

Attack and Retreat

They were damned by fate and dogged by a deadly foe!

1964 · 148 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, History, War

Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.

Directed by Giuseppe De Santis · Written by Sergei Smirnov

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