Film · 1955 · 1h 25m

Women and Soldiers

Name: Women and Soldiers
Genre: Comedy, History
Released: 1955-11-25
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Cast: Marcella Mariani, Sandro Somarè, Marco Ferreri, Gaia Servadio

Donne e soldati

Comedy History

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Synopsis

Donne e soldati was an example of a ‘decentralised’ production, far from Rome, something that for the most part Italian cinema didn’t fully succeed in achieving until the 1990s. . In many ways the film, which is both Picaresque and anti-heroic, was too far ahead of its time, and it is often considered the precursor to Monicelli’s L’armata brancaleone. This time out, Ferreri takes the reins as producer of the ill-fated undertaking (the two directors will never make another film); however, Donne e soldati, apart from marking Ferreri’s estrangement from Italian cinema for a number of years, today appears to display earthy and carnivalesque elements that will subsequently influence certain aspects of the Milanese director’s vision.