La Tregua

Italy

Synopsis

A voyage that begins in the dark fogs of Auschwitz, and continues through the black markets of Cracow, through the resettlement camps of Katowice, following the movement of Red Army convoys sometimes random, nomadic, through devastated Russia which is at once both tragic and comic., both epic and picaresque.
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Cast & Crew

Directed by: Francesco Rosi

Written by: Tonino Guerra, Primo Levi, Sandro Petraglia, Francesco Rosi, Stefano Rulli

Produced by: Véra Belmont, Guido De Laurentiis, Leo Pescarolo

Cinematography: Pasqualino De Santis, Marco Pontecorvo

Editing: Ruggero Mastroianni, Bruno Sarandrea

Production Design: Andrea Crisanti

Costume Design: Alberto Verso

Cast: John Turturro (Primo Levi), Rade Serbedzija (the Greek), Massimo Ghini (Cesare)

Nominations and Awards

  • Feature Film Selection 1997