Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. In the 30s, his son in Italy wants also to become a pilot, and Luciano accepts an offer of a double dealing agent for a flight from Rio to Rome, but his plane crashes in the Atlantic. For the world Luciano Serra is missing, but he has entered the Italian army under a new name to fight in Ethiopia. The train in which his unit travels is attacked by Ethiopian soldiers, his son flying a reconasaince mission is shot down and wounded by the same attacking enemies. Will Luciano be able to fly the plane back, to get close air support for the outnumbered Italian troups?
Cast
Crew
Goffredo Alessandrini
Director, Screenplay
Roberto Rossellini
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Giorgio Simonelli
Editor
Ubaldo Arata
Cinematography
Umberto Scarpelli
Assistant Director
Angelo Monti
Producer
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Bruno Brunacci
Sound
Giulio Cesare Sonzogno
Music
Luigi Giacosi
Production Manager
Franco Riganti
Unit Manager
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