Women and Soldiers

Women and Soldiers (1955)

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.

  • Release Date: 1955-11-25
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Directors: Luigi Malerba, Antonio Marchi.

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  • Cast

    • Marcella Mariani

      Margherita

    • Sandro Somarè

      Storyteller

    • Marco Ferreri

      Landlord