Johnny the Partisan

Johnny the Partisan
Film poster
Directed byGuido Chiesa
Written by
  • Guido Chiesa
  • Antonio Leotti
Produced byDomenico Procacci
StarringStefano Dionisi
CinematographyGherardo Gossi
Music byAlexander Bălănescu
Production
company
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
LanguageItalian

Il partigiano Johnny, internationally released as Johnny the Partisan, is a 2000 Italian war drama film set in the Second World War and directed by Guido Chiesa. It is based on the novel of the same name by Beppe Fenoglio.[1]

The film entered the competition at the 57th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Children and Cinema Award.[2]

  1. ^ Gianluca Favetto (3 September 2000). "Johnny, un eroe perduto". La Repubblica. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ^ Paolo Baratta (September 2000). "VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN". La Stampa. p. 12.