Heroic Charge

War, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Francesco De Robertis

Status Released

Release Date 1952-11-25

Storyline

In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol sent on reconnaissance comes under machine-gun fire from the top of a bell-tower.