---
title: 'The Camp Followers (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Valerio Zurlini'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-camp-followers-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059732/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Camp Followers (1965)

1965 · 120 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Le soldatesse

## Synopsis

The Camp Followers is a 1965 Italian World War II film directed by Valerio Zurlini and starring Anna Karina. Based on a 1956 novel by Ugo Pirro, it tells the story of a young lieutenant in the Italian Army who in 1942 is ordered to take a lorryload of Greek prostitutes from starving Athens under Axis occupation to entertain the Italian troops fighting Partisans in Albania. The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Valerio Zurlini](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerio-zurlini)
- **Screenplay:** [Valerio Zurlini](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerio-zurlini), [Leonardo Benvenuti](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-benvenuti), [Piero De Bernardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-de-bernardi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mario Nascimbene](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-nascimbene)
- **Producer:** [Moris Ergas](https://cinepixo.com/people/moris-ergas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tonino Delli Colli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-delli-colli)
- **Editor:** [Franco Arcalli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-arcalli)

## Cast

- [Guido Alberti](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-alberti)
- [Valeria Moriconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeria-moriconi)
- [Mila Stanic](https://cinepixo.com/people/mila-stanic)
- [Lea Massari](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-massari)
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf)
- [Tomas Milian](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-milian)
- [Marie Laforêt](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-laforet)
- [Anna Karina](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-karina)
- [Alenka Rančić](https://cinepixo.com/people/alenka-rancic)
- [Milena Dravić](https://cinepixo.com/people/milena-dravic)
- [Dušan Tadić](https://cinepixo.com/people/dusan-tadic)

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