---
title: 'Attack and Retreat (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Giuseppe De Santis'
released: '1964-09-16'
runtime_minutes: 153
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/attack-and-retreat-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059323/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Attack and Retreat (1964)

1964 · 153 min · Drama, War, History · Soviet Union, Italy

Original title: Italiani brava gente

## Synopsis

Attack and Retreat is a Soviet-Italian war drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Italian soldiers of the Italian Army in Russia fighting on the Eastern Front on Hitler's side. Heavily based on diaries and memories of real war veterans.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Giuseppe De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-de-santis), [Dmitri Vasilyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-vasilyev)
- **Screenplay:** [Giuseppe De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-de-santis), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini), [Sergey Smirnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-smirnov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Armando Trovajoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-trovajoli)
- **Producer:** [Lionello Santi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionello-santi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Antonio Secchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-secchi)

## Cast

- [Gino Pernice](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-pernice)
- [Peter Falk](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-falk)
- [Lev Prygunov](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-prygunov)
- [Arthur Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-kennedy)
- [Elsa Lezhdey](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-lezhdey)
- [Raffaele Pisu](https://cinepixo.com/people/raffaele-pisu)
- [Nino Vingelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-vingelli)
- [Riccardo Cucciolla](https://cinepixo.com/people/riccardo-cucciolla)
- [Andrea Checchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-checchi)
- [Zhanna Prokhorenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhanna-prokhorenko)
- [Tatiana Samoilova](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatiana-samoilova)
- [Otar Koberidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/otar-koberidze)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/attack-and-retreat-1964
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