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MAX CORVO For Freedom The secret war of OSS in Italy 1943-1945 (Ita/sub Eng)

The docufilm tells the true story of a young Sicilian immigrant who after coming to America and becoming Americanized joins the Army before World War II and becomes the Chief of Operations of Secret Intelligence of the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services-precursor of the CIA), in Italy during the military campaign of Allied forces in Italy from 1943 to 1945. The young Sicilian is Biagio Max Corvo, originally from Augusta, Sicily. He immigrated to the United States in 1929 at the age of nine, together with his mother, brother and sister to join their father, Cesare, who was forced to leave the island, six years before because he was persecuted by the Fascist regime.

  • Ezio Costanzo
    Director
  • Ezio Costanzo
    Writer
  • CORDAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) - Usa
    Producer
  • Faeria Produzione cinematografica Italy
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 38 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 30, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    130,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Ezio Costanzo

Ezio Costanzo, director and screenwriter of the docufilm, is the author of several books on the war in Sicily in 1943 and historical documentaries. Among his works, the film “Moral Bombing. The weapon of pain "in which he presented the dramatic impact of the carpet bombing on the civilian population in Italy during the Second World War and the biographical film" Phil Stern. The war and the soul” in which he narrates the life of the great American World War II photographer and his return to Sicily after 70 years.

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Director Statement

Corvo's is a truly incredible story, if you stop and think that he joined the OSS when he was only 22 years old, after having lived in America for just thirteen years.
Max Corvo had enrolled in the Army as a volunteer in October, 1941 prior to the entry into the war of the United States and in the early months of 1942 he had already written an intelligence plan for the occupation of Sicily.