Attack and Retreat
They were damned by fate and dogged by a deadly foe!
1964 | 148m | Italian
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Giuseppe De Santis, Romolo Guerrieri |
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| Writer: | Giancarlo Fusco, Sergei Smirnov, Gian Domenico Giagni, Giuseppe De Santis, Ennio De Concini, Augusto Frassinetti |
| Staring: |
| Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 16, 1964 |
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| Director: | Giuseppe De Santis, Romolo Guerrieri |
| Writer: | Giancarlo Fusco, Sergei Smirnov, Gian Domenico Giagni, Giuseppe De Santis, Ennio De Concini, Augusto Frassinetti |
| Genres: | Drama, History, War |
| Keywords | world war ii, nazism |
| Production Companies | Mosfilm, Titanus, Galatea Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 21, 2025 Entered: Sep 21, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Arthur Kennedy | Ferro Maria Ferri |
| Tatyana Samoylova | Sonya |
| Raffaele Pisu | Gabrielli |
| Zhanna Prokhorenko | Katya |
| Andrea Checchi | Sermonti |
| Riccardo Cucciolla | Giuseppe Sanna |
| Nino Vingelli | Amalfitano |
| Lev Prygunov | Bazzocchi |
| Grigory Mikhaylov | russian partisan |
| Gino Pernice | Collodi |
| Peter Falk | lieutenant Mario |
| Vincenzo Polizzi | sicilian |
| Franco Moruzzi | |
| Pasqualino Ferri | |
| Mario Anniballi | |
| Alvaro Ceccarelli | |
| Livia Contardi | |
| Valeri Somov | Giuliani (uncredited) |
| Boris Kozhukhov | italian major (uncredited) |
| Elza Lezhdey | guerrilla woman (uncredited) |
| Danuta Stolyarskaya | guerrilla unit doctor (uncredited) |
| Ervin Knausmyuller | german colonel (uncredited) |
| Lavrenti Masokha | partisan (uncredited) |
| Valeri Golovnenkov | wounded man (uncredited) |
| Ivan Paramonov | german soldier-deserter (uncredited) |
| Otar Koberidze | wounded italian soldier (uncredited) |
| Ivan Savkin | partisan (uncredited) |
| Yan Yanakiyev | major (uncredited) |
| Aleksandr Kuznetsov | cook (uncredited) |
| Fortunato Arena | Malingering Soldier |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Giancarlo Fusco | Author |
| Sergei Smirnov | Screenplay |
| Lina Caterini | Assistant Editor |
| Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Massimo De Rita | Production Coordinator |
| Alfredo Marchetti | Key Grip |
| Klavdiya Moskvina | Editor |
| Luciana Marinucci | Costume Design, Second Assistant Director |
| Valentina Khovanskaya | Director of Photography |
| Gian Domenico Giagni | Screenplay |
| Dmitriy Vasilev | Second Unit Director |
| Ermanno Consolazione | Still Photographer |
| Isaak Bits | Production Coordinator |
| Nino Renda | Sound |
| Gino Millozza | Production Manager |
| Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay, Story, Director |
| Ennio De Concini | Screenplay, Story |
| Alexander But | Production Manager |
| Gino Santini | Camera Operator |
| Roberto Cuomo | Production Supervisor |
| Antonio Secchi | Director of Photography |
| Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Augusto Frassinetti | Screenplay |
| Sergio Marcotulli | Sound |
| Fausto Ancillai | Sound |
| Ermanno Manco | Production Design |
| Romolo Guerrieri | Co-Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lionello Santi | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 872 | 916 |