Directed by:
Giorgio DirittiCast:
Maya Sansa, Alba Rohrwacher, Eleonora Mazzoni, Claudio Casadio, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Timo Jacobs, Vito, Orfeo Orlando, Tom Sommerlatte (more)Plots(1)
Martina (Greta Zuccheri Montanari) is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Marzabotto, a small town near Bologna, in the 1940s. Martina is an sensitive and impressionable child who was struck mute by the death of her baby brother, though she seems to be improving now that her mother Lena (Maya Sansa) is expecting another child. But as Lena and Martina's father Armando (Claudio Casadio) struggle to keep the children clothed and fed, war rages in Europe, and the family has been forced to take in several relatives who've fled the fighting in the larger cities, including Armando's free spirited sister (Alba Rohrwacher) and more traditional mother (Maria Grazia Naldi). As Axis forces patrol the village, a growing number of underground resistance fighters are organizing in Marzabotto, and many citizens are torn between their support for the patriots and their fear of reprisal from German soldiers. As resistance activities simmer, the German SS arrives in Marzabotto, and Martina a witness to a massacre. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Maya Sansa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273281_56cb54.jpg)
Maya Sansa
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Singing Mates (2019) (TV movie)
Good Morning, Night (2003)
![Alba Rohrwacher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/237/164237348_7e4e9e.jpg)
Alba Rohrwacher
Italy
Best movies:
Perfect Strangers (2016)
My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
The Place (2017)
Eleonora Mazzoni
Best movies:
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)
Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda (2011) (TV movie)
David's Birthday (2009)
Claudio Casadio
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
Story of a Massacre (2012)
Lost and Beautiful (2015)
Greta Zuccheri Montanari
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
![Timo Jacobs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/778/160778204_dda156.jpg)
Timo Jacobs
West Germany
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Bornholmer Straße (2014) (TV movie)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Vito
Italy
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
The Voice of the Moon (1990)
Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
Orfeo Orlando
Italy
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
Hidden Away (2020)
Un passo dal cielo (2011) (series)
Tom Sommerlatte
Best movies:
Belle and Sebastian (2013)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
Thaddäus Meilinger
West Germany
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
French for Beginners (2006)
Das Papstattentat (2008) (TV movie)
Gianluca Vannucci
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
Per tutta la vita (2021)
Un passo dal cielo (2011) (series)
Niklas Bardeli
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
Saverio Fabbri
Best movies:
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
EO (2022)