Women and Soldiers

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.

Main Cast

Marcella Mariani

Margherita

Age : 19 | Popularity : 7%

Sandro Somarè

Storyteller

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marco Ferreri

Landlord

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Antonio Marchi Luigi Malerba
Writing	Writer	Marco Ferreri Attilio Bertolucci Luigi Malerba Antonio Marchi
Department	Role	Name

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