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In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol se...
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"Little seen outside Italy until its recent DVD release, this is an unusual little war film and well worth a look. The story concerns those lucky Italians who were sent to help Germany invade the Soviet Union in 1941. This seems to have been done mainly on horseback, so the resulting film is a bit like an Italian version of The Horse Soldiers, only set in Russia. The cast is excellent, and predictably we see a lot of clowning around between battles, with squeaky-voiced Gigi Reger doing a passable Chaplin, and Domenico Modugno (who later had a hit with Volare) entertaining on the guitar. Some of..."
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In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol se...