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At War for Love
At War for Love

At War for Love

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

27 October 2016

Country

Italy

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

Mario Pupella

Mario Pupella

Don Tano

Orazio Stracuzzi

Orazio Stracuzzi

Zio Alfredo

Lorenzo Patané

Lorenzo Patané

Carmelo

Aurora Quattrocchi

Aurora Quattrocchi

Annina

Forest Baker

Forest Baker

Generale Patton

Rosario Minardi

Rosario Minardi

Lucky Luciano

Salvatore Ragusa

Salvatore Ragusa

Tommaso Lo Presti

Domenico Centamore

Domenico Centamore

Tonino

Antonio Alveario

Antonio Alveario

L'Uomo Che Mostra Interesse per Teresa

Salvatore La Mantia

Salvatore La Mantia

L'Uomo in Lutto per il Fratello

Vincent Riotta

Vincent Riotta

Maggiore Maone

Eric Alexander

Eric Alexander

Tenente Adamsky

Claudio Ambrosetti

Claudio Ambrosetti

Contadino Spiaggia

Daniel Emilio Baldock

Daniel Emilio Baldock

Ufficiale

Emma Cardillo

Emma Cardillo

Donna Siciliana

Gino Carista

Gino Carista

Contadino

Giovanna Centamore

Giovanna Centamore

Sarta

Larry Kapust

Larry Kapust

Colonnello Monrovia

Giuseppe Longinotti

Giuseppe Longinotti

Organizzatore Matrimonio

Robert Madison

Robert Madison

Piantone Casa Bianca

Alex Mariotti

Alex Mariotti

Tenente Nuovo

Liborio Natali

Liborio Natali

Tommaso

Maurizio Nicolosi

Maurizio Nicolosi

Uomo con Giacca e Cravatta

Cristiano Pasca

Cristiano Pasca

Siciliano

Craig Peritz

Craig Peritz

Tenente Monrovia

Alessandra Pizzullo

Alessandra Pizzullo

Madre Flora

Filippo Pucillo

Filippo Pucillo

Soldato Italiano

Aldo Rapé

Aldo Rapé

Contadino Imputato

Matthew T. Reynolds

Matthew T. Reynolds

Barista

Mansur Senyonga

Mansur Senyonga

Soldato di Colore

Maurizio Spicuzza

Maurizio Spicuzza

Padre Flora

Dario Veca

Dario Veca

Maresciallo Carabinieri

David Kirk Traylor

David Kirk Traylor

Ufficiale Bar

Mauro Aversano

Mauro Aversano

Picciotto (uncredited)

Francesco Baj

Francesco Baj

(uncredited)

Alessio Vassallo

Alessio Vassallo

(uncredited)

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