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A Pilot Returns (Italian: Un pilota ritorna) 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.[1] The film's sets were designed by the architect Virgilio Marchi.

A Pilot Returns
Directed by	Roberto Rossellini
Written by	Michelangelo Antonioni Ugo Betti Gherardo Gherardi Rosario Leone Margherita Maglione Massimo Mida Vittorio Mussolini Roberto Rossellini
Starring	Massimo Girotti Michela Belmonte Piero Lulli Gaetano Masier
Cinematography	Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana
Distributed by	Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana
Release date	8 April 1942
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Synopsis

During the 1940-1941 Italian invasion of Greece, an Italian pilot is shot down and captured by British forces who place him in a prisoner-of-war camp. While there he meets and falls in love with a young Italian woman who has volunteered to care for the prisoners. After escaping from the British, he manages to steal a plane and return to Italy for further duty. On his arrival he learns that Greece has been successfully conquered by the Axis Powers.

Cast

• Massimo Girotti as Gino Rossati
• Michela Belmonte as Anna
• Piero Lulli as De Santis
• Gaetano Masier as Trisotti
• Elvira Betrone as Signora Rossati
• Piero Palermini as English Official
• Giovanni Valdambrini as medico
• Nino Brondello as Vitali
• Jole Tinta as madre

References

Bibliography

• Bondanella, Peter. The Films of Roberto Rossellini. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
• Haaland, Torunn. Italian Neorealist Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

External links

• A Pilot Returns at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] A Pilot Returns

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[ru] Пилот возвращается

«Пилот возвращается» (итал. Un pilota ritorna) — итальянский художественный фильм 1942 года, снятый режиссёром Роберто Росселлини. Это второй фильм так называемой «фашистской трилогии» режиссёра, в которой восхваляются вооружённые силы фашистского режима. Фильм снимался при активной поддержке итальянских ВВС, руку к сценарию картины приложил Витторио Муссолини, сын дуче и друг режиссёра[2].

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