The Commander

Film - 2023
8,0
42.6K
The Commander it's a movie with Pierfrancesco Favino, Massimiliano Rossi, Johan Heldenbergh, Silvia D'Amico, Arturo Muselli Full cast. Directed by Edoardo de Angelis. Original title Comandante, runtime 120 minutes. Genres Drama, History, War.
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Commander of  Giacomo Pescatore Giacomo Pescatore
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A great film, at the center of controversies (Melonian film, apology for fascism and so on) that are both useless and out of place. The film is in fact well made and narrates a historical episode as true as it is moving, in which the Italian commander of the title performed an act of courage and mercy (like the rest of his enemies; the English also did their part, which not obvious given the little information they had and their origin...). A film about the sea, about men of the sea and about what is right to do when you see someone like you holding out his hand among the waves. Yesterday like today. Read all
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One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine, he is forced to navigate on the surface of the water for three days, visible to the enemy forces and endangering his life and that of his men.

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