Movie: At War for Love

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pif
Pif

Arturo

Miriam Leone
Miriam Leone

Flora

Andrea Di Stefano
Andrea Di Stefano

Tenente Philip Catelli

Stella Egitto
Stella Egitto

Teresa

David Mitchum Brown
David Mitchum Brown

Franklin Roosevelt

Maurizio Marchetti
Maurizio Marchetti

Don Calò

Sergio Vespertino
Sergio Vespertino

Saro

Maurizio Bologna
Maurizio Bologna

Mimmo

Antonello Puglisi
Antonello Puglisi

Agostino

Samuele Segreto
Samuele Segreto

Sebastiano

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    It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.

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    2016-10-27

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    7.3

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