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San Pietro (1945)

UNRATED 32 min  -  Documentary | Short | War  -   3 May 1945 (USA)
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This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location... See full summary »

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San Pietro -- The Battle of San Pietro was produced in 1944 by legendary filmmaker Frank Capra, who commissioned John Huston to direct and narrate and Dmitri Tiomkin to compose the score. The film is considered one of the strongest indictments of war ever made.
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Mark W. Clark Mark W. Clark ...
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This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

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U.S. Soldier | Italy | Battle | Devastation | Military  | See more »

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Documentary | Short | War

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Runtime:

USA:  | Argentina: (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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This film was considered so blunt in its depiction of the difficulties of the battle that the US Army refused to show it, believing it to be damaging to troop morale. See more »

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Edited into Shooting War (2000) See more »