Many Wars Ago

Many Wars Ago
ItalianUomini contro
Directed byFrancesco Rosi
Written byFrancesco Rosi
Raffaele La Capria
Tonino Guerra
Based onOne year on the High Plateau
by Emilio Lussu
Produced byFrancesco Rosi
Marina Cicogna
Starring
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggiero Mastroianni
Music byPiero Piccioni
Production
companies
Prima Cinematografica
Jadran Film
Distributed byEuro International (Italy)
Dubrava Film (Yugoslavia)
Release dates
  • 31 August 1970 (1970-08-31) (Venice)
  • 17 September 1970 (1970-09-17) (Italy)
  • 13 January 1971 (1971-01-13) (Yugoslavia)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesItaly
Yugoslavia[1]
LanguageItalian

Many Wars Ago (Italian: Uomini contro, lit. 'Men Against') is a 1970 anti-war film set on the Alpine Front of the First World War. Directed, produced, and co-written by Francesco Rosi,[2] the film is based on Emilio Lussu's memoir Un anno sull'altipiano ("One year on the plateau"), recounting his experiences at the Battle of Asiago.[3] The Italian–Yugoslav co-production was filmed in Belgrade and Zagreb, and stars Mark Frechette, Gian Maria Volonté, and Alain Cuny.[4][5] It premiered at the 31st Venice International Film Festival.

  1. ^ "UOMINI CONTRO (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano – I film. Gremese Editore.
  3. ^ http://digilander.libero.it/davis2/lezioni/fotocine/film/uomini%20contro.htm (in Italian)
  4. ^ Pasquale Iaccio. La Storia sullo schermo: il Novecento. Pellegrini Editore, 2004.
  5. ^ Francesco Bolzoni. I Film Di Francesco Rosi. Gremese Editore, 1986.