Odessa in Flames (1942)
January 1, 1942Release Date
Odessa in Flames (1942)
January 1, 1942Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Maria Cebotari
Maria Teodorescu
Carlo Ninchi
Il capitano Sergio Teodorescu
Filippo Scelzo
Michele Smirnoff
Olga Solbelli
Luba
Rubi D'Alma
Florica, l'amante di Michele
George Timică
Giovanni Alexis
Silvia Dumitrescu-Timica
Anna, la moglie di Giovanni
Mircea Axente
Pietro
Maurizio Romitelli
Nico
Paolo Ferrari
Paolo
Gilda Marchiò
Ila
Giuseppe Varni
Lo scrivone
Checco Rissone
Gruscenko
Carmine Gallone
Director
Nicolae Kiritescu
Story
Gherardo Gherardi
Screenplay
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1942
Original NameOdessa in fiamme
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Genres
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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. The film is about the Battle of Odessa in 1941, where the city was taken in an operation was primarily conducted by Romanian forces and elements of the German Army's 11th Army.
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. It was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival.
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.