A Pilot Returns

A Pilot Returns

80 mins | Drama, War | April 8, 1942

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.

A Pilot Returns

80 mins | Drama, War | April 8, 1942

A Pilot Returns
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (A.C.I.)
Original title Un pilota ritorna
Directors Roberto Rossellini
Writers Vittorio Mussolini, Rosario Leone, Margherita Maglione, Massimo Mida, Michelangelo Antonioni, Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Massimo Girotti

as Il tenente Gino Rossati

Gaetano Masier

as Il tenente Trisotti

Elvira Betrone

as La signora Rossati, madre di Gino

Nino Brondello

as Il tenente Vittali

Piero Lulli

as De Santis

Giovanni Valdambrini

as Il medico, padre di Anna

Piero Palermini

as Un giovane ufficiale inglese

Jole Tinta

as La madre del bimbo ammalato