Private Project

SACRIFICE CASSINO!

Unpublished photographic and cinematographic images, also in color, unpublished documents, interviews with Italian, German, American, English witnesses, reconstructions in 3D graphics, new shots on the places where the events took place, give life to a real film where the emotion testimonies and the rhythm of the narration intertwine with the strength of the archive images. An intense research and verification work, to bring out the truth about the destruction of the Abbey and the terrifying battle that took place for its conquest. A clash involving soldiers of 27 different nationalities that caused one of the worst massacres of the Second World War: 50,000 casualties between the multinational contingent of the Allied Forces and 20,000 German soldiers plus thousands of Italian civilians, during the fighting that lasted until late spring . But was conquering Montecassino really necessary to clear the road to Rome?

  • Fabio Toncelli
    Director
  • Fabio Toncelli
    Writer
  • Roberto Dall'Angelo
    Producer
  • Francesco Adolini
    Editor
  • Antonio Mendolia
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    250,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Fabio Toncelli

TONCELLI FABIO
A documentary filmmaker and television author, he has written - alone or in collaboration - numerous scripts, including, in 1988, together with Luca Morsella, a western by Sergio Leone, Un posto che solo Mary conosce, a film that should have been starring Mickey Rourke and Richard Gere.
The subjects of his documentaries range from stories of extreme adventure (Flying over Everest), to historical themes (Liberate the Duce!) to naturalistic ones (Il mistero del lupo), a field in which he signed for several years as author the program Mission Nature produced by the TV LA7, a naturalistic series dedicated to animals entirely realized on the field in natural environments of all continents.
Since 2015, he has been signing and leading for Rai3 "Cacciatore di Paesaggi", short documentaries on the most spectacular and unpublished aspects of the Italian landscape, broadcast as part of Rai3 "Kilimangiaro" programme.
From 2011 to 2013 he has been for three consecutive editions the Artistic Director of the BFF - Bellaria Film Festival, an international event focused on the real cinema.

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