Luigi ZampaCast
Aldo Fabrizi Gar Moore Mirella Monti 
John Kitzmiller Heinrich Bode 
Ave Ninchi
Credits
Written by: 
Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Plot
In 1944 in a village in northern Italy, an Italian farm family hides two escaped American soldiers and a German deserter, in a gentle tragicomedy about war.
Sinekatalog’s take
A human and funny anti-war comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (301 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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