--- title: 'A Pilot Returns (1942)' type: 'film' director: 'Roberto Rossellini' released: '1942-04-08' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Kingdom of Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-pilot-returns-1942' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035191/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # A Pilot Returns (1942) 1942 · 87 min · Drama · Kingdom of Italy Original title: Un pilota ritorna ## Synopsis A Pilot Returns is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte and Piero Lulli. The film forms part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" along with The White Ship (1941) and The Man with a Cross (1943). It was made with the co-operation of the Italian Air Force. The film's sets were designed by the architect Virgilio Marchi. ## Credits - **Director:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini) - **Screenplay:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini), [Michelangelo Antonioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelangelo-antonioni), [Ugo Betti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-betti), [Gherardo Gherardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gherardo-gherardi) - **Original Music Composer:** [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini) - **Director of Photography:** [Vincenzo Seratrice](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-seratrice) - **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma) ## Cast - [Piero Palermini](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-palermini) - [Piero Lulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-lulli) - [Elvira Betrone](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvira-betrone) - [Michela Schiff Giorgini](https://cinepixo.com/people/michela-schiff-giorgini) - [Massimo Girotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-girotti) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-pilot-returns-1942 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4003998); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.