A Pilot Returns
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A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. He falls in love with a doctor's daughter and manages to escape during a bombardment. He reaches home, wounded, just as news arrives of the Greek surrender.
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Cast
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Massimo Girotti
Lieutenant Gino Rossati
Known for
Theorem
Obsession
Michela Belmonte
Anna
Also in
I tre aquilotti
Il nostro prossimo
Gaetano Masier
Lieutenant Trisotti
No other roles listed
Piero Lulli
De Santis
Known for
My Name Is Nobody
Kill, Baby... Kill!
Nino Brondello
Lieutenant Vittali
No other roles listed
Giovanni Valdambrini
Doctor, Anna's Father
No other roles listed
Elvira Betrone
Mrs. Rossati, Gino's Mother
Also in
A Garibaldian in the Convent
Teresa Venerdì
Piero Palermini
A Young English Officer
Known for
Totò versus Maciste
Jole Tinta
Mother of the Sick Child
Also in
Ettore Fieramosca
White Squadron
Roberto Rossellini Director · Michelangelo Antonioni Screenplay Massimo Mida Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Roberto Rossellini
Screenplay
Michelangelo Antonioni
Screenplay
Massimo Mida
Story
Vittorio Mussolini
Composer
Renzo Rossellini
Cinematographer
Vincenzo Seratrice
Cinematographer
Alberto Attili
Editor
Eraldo Da Roma
Production designer
Virgilio Marchi
Production designer
Franco Bartoli
First release April 8, 1942 · Produced in Italy · Languages English, Greek, Italian
Production
Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (A.C.I.)
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original title
Un pilota ritorna
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Greek · Italian
Release dates
Italy · April 8, 1942
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 8, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
Portugal
June 15, 1989 · Premiere · Troia International Film Festival
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