A Pilot Returns


A Pilot Returns is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte and Piero Lulli. The film forms part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" along with The [White Ship |The White Ship] and The [Man with a Cross]. It was made with the co-operation of the Italian Air Force. The film's sets were designed by the architect Virgilio Marchi.

Synopsis

During the 1940-1941 Italian invasion of Greece, an Italian pilot is shot down and captured by British forces who place him in a prisoner-of-war camp run by the Greek Army. While there he meets and falls in love with a young Italian woman who has volunteered to care for the prisoners. After escaping from the Greeks, he manages to steal a plane and return to Italy for further duty. On his arrival he learns that Greece has been successfully conquered by [the Axis Powers].

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