Summary
Fighting Along the Piave transcends the utilitarian mandate of the military record, manifesting as a haunting, topographical odyssey through the jagged limestone peaks and blood-soaked alluvial plains of the Italian-Austrian front. This cinematic relic, forged in the crucible of 1918, bypasses the artifice of contemporary melodrama to present a staccato rhythm of trench warfare, where the Piave River itself becomes a fluid, mercurial protagonist. The camera, often perched with a precarious intimacy, captures the kinetic violence of artillery barrages and the agonizing logistical struggle of moving heavy machinery through the Dolomites’ unforgiving verticality. It is a work of visceral verité, a silent testament to the industrialization of slaughter, stripping away the romanticism often found in the era's fictional counterparts to reveal the skeletal reality of the Great War’s southern theater.
Synopsis
Documentary on the fighting on the Italian-Austrian front in the First World War, featuring official Italian combat footage.
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