Odessa in Flames
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Odessa in Flames (Italian: Odessa in fiamme, Romanian: Odessa în flăcări) is a 1942 Italian-Romanian propaganda war film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Carlo Ninchi and Filippo Scelzo.[1] The film is about the Battle of Odessa in 1941, where the city was taken in an operation that was primarily conducted by Romanian forces and elements of the German Army's 11th Army.
Odessa in Flames | |
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Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
Written by | Nicolae Kiritescu Gherardo Gherardi |
Starring | Maria Cebotari Carlo Ninchi Filippo Scelzo Olga Solbelli |
Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Music by | Pietro Sassoli Ion Vasilescu |
Production companies | Grandi Film Oficiul National Cinematografiei |
Distributed by | ICI |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Countries | Italy Romania |
Language | Italian |
It is an anti-communist propaganda work focusing on a family trapped in Soviet-occupied Bessarabia and its eventual liberation by Axis forces during Operation Barbarossa.[2] It was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival.[3] It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Location shooting took place in Axis-occupied Odessa and Moldova as well as Romania.