A Pilot Returns

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Writers

Massimo Mida, Michelangelo Antonioni, Margherita Maglione

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

8 April 1942

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Massimo Girotti

  Lieutenant Gino Rossati

• Michela Belmonte

  Anna

• Gaetano Masier

  Lieutenant Trisotti

• 

  Piero Lulli

  De Santis

• Nino Brondello

  Lieutenant Vittali

• Giovanni Valdambrini

  Doctor, Anna's Father

• Elvira Betrone

  Mrs. Rossati, Gino's Mother

• 

  Piero Palermini

  A Young English Officer

• Jole Tinta

  Mother of the Sick Child