Italy / Dec 30, 1954
1h 25min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Marco Vicario | Paratrooper |
| Terence Hill | Delavigne |
| Paolo Panelli | |
| Ubaldo Negrelli | |
| Ettore Jannetti | |
| Carlo Delle Piane | |
| Claudio Biava | Paratrooper |
| Renato Accardi | |
| Luciano Volpato | Paratrooper |
| Daniela Vicario | Martini's daughter |
| Adriano Uriani | Paratrooper |
| Renato Tontini | Mario Giovannetti |
| Carlo Tamberlani | Santini's friend |
| Carlo Tadini | Santini |
| Vladimír Štróbl | Mountain infantrist |
| Rosita Pisano | Post Office worker |
| Franco Pilloni | Postman |
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| Corrado Nardi | Paratrooper |
| Sandro Moretti | Paratrooper |
| Fabrizio Mioni | Lt. Gianluigi Corsini |
| Milo Manfredi | Colonel Cecchi |
| Nino Mancini | Paratrooper |
| Germano Longo | Paratrooper |
| Marco Guglielmi | Lt. Corsini |
| Aldo Fantini | Private Bardi |
| Mario Conti | Paratrooper |
| Nando Cicero | Enrico Damiani |
| Giorgio Capitani | Postman |
| Sergio Bartolini | Paratroop driver |
| Carlo Bellini | Aidman |
| Edo Acconci | Major Sforzeschi |
Genres
War
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Divisione Folgore |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Esedra Compagnia Cinematografica Italiana |
| Release date | 30 dicembre 1954 |
| Production | Renato Silvestri |
| Writer | Umberto Bruzzese, Oreste Biancoli, Marc-Antonio Bragadin, Marcello Giannini, Alfonso Vicario, Aldo Barni, Nino Giannini, Angelo Pannacciò, Duilio Coletti, Ennio De Concini |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei |
| Cinematography | Luciano Trasatti, Giuseppe Moschioni, Franco Villa |
| Assistant directors | David Carbonari, Giuseppe Scoponi, Aldo Trionfo, Alfonso Vicario, Duilio Coletti, Vittoria Vigorelli |
| Camera operators | Franco Villa, Giuseppe Moschioni, Luciano Trasatti |
| Additional photography | Giuseppe Moschioni, Franco Villa, Luciano Trasatti |
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| Production design | Franco Lolli |
| Art direction | Franco Lolli |
| Set decoration | Franco Lolli |
| Special effects | Serse Urbisaglia |
| Music | Nino Rota, Franco Ferrara, Agostino Moretti |
| Sound | Nino Rota, Franco Ferrara, Agostino Moretti |
| Costume design | Adimaro Sala |
| Makeup | Adimaro Sala |
| Hairstyling | Adimaro Sala |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Sweden / Nov 14, 1955
Germany / Mar 02, 1956 / 16
Finland / Mar 09, 1956
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Netherlands / Jun 22, 1956
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