Movie: Il grande appello

Top 6 Billed Cast

Camillo Pilotto
Camillo Pilotto

Giovanni Bertani

Roberto Villa
Roberto Villa

Enrico

Lina d'Acosta
Lina d'Acosta

Pepita

Guglielmo Sinaz
Guglielmo Sinaz

Miller

Bruno Smith
Bruno Smith

Il giornalista Patti

Pedro Valdes
Pedro Valdes

Salvador

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    An Italian proprietor of a squalid Djibouti bar collaborated in selling arms to Ethiopians fighting his own country's invasion but after finding his long lost son on the Fascist front he decides to choose patriotism over selfish profit.

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    1936-01-02

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