Paisan (1946)

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120 min - War | Drama - 29 March 1948 (USA)

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Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice... See full summary »

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Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice. Communication is fragile. A woman leads an Allied patrol through a mine field; she dies protecting a G.I., but the Yanks think she killed him. A street urchin steals shoes from a G.I. who tracks him to a shanty town. A G.I. meets a woman the day Rome is liberated; in six months they meet again: he's cynical, she's a prostitute. A US nurse braves the trip across the Arno into German fire in search of a partisan she loves. Three chaplains, including a Jew, call on a monastery north in the Apennines. Allied soldiers and partisans try to escape capture in the marshes of the Po. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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War | Drama

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Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | English | German | Sicilian

Release Date:

29 March 1948 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Aftoi pou emeinan zontanoi See more »

Filming Locations:

Florence, Tuscany, Italy See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Organizzazione Film Internazionali (OFI), Foreign Film Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 120 min | 134 min (restored version) | Italy: 125 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

The film is divided in six episodes simply called 'Episode I', 'Episode II' etc. The action of the six different stories takes place, respectively, in Sicily (Episode I), Naples (Episode II), Rome (Episode III), Florence (Episode IV), a monastery in the Appenine Range (Episode V), Porte Tolle in the Po delta (Episode VI). See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: During night a GI lights up his lighter while following the rocky path through the lava canal. A flashlight might have been used in order to help increase the effect of the lighter being lit. When the soldier closes the lighter, the spot projected by the flashlight remains on for a fraction of a second, which is enough to observe the synchronization issue. See more »

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Referenced in Cannibal Holocaust (1980) See more »

Paisan (1946)
Paisà (original title)

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