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Based on his autobiography of the same name, the film details the long and arduous journey home of Italian prisoner of war Primo Levi (John Turturro), after the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of World War II. A chemist before being captured by the Nazis, Levi is one of the first prisoners to leave the concentration camp upon its fall at the hands of Soviet forces in 1945. However, his route back to his home in the Italian city of Turin is torturous, with stops throughout Eastern Europe.
Original Release
02/14/1997
US Release
04/24/1998
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Turturro | Primo Levi |
| Rade Serbedzija | The Greek / Greek |
| Massimo Ghini | Cesare |
| Stefano Dionisi | Daniele |
| Teco Celio | Col. Rovi / Colonnello Rovi |
| Roberto Citran | Unverdorben |
| Claudio Bisio | Ferrari |
| Andy Luotto | D'Agata |
| Agnieszka Wagner | Galina |
| Lorenza Indovina | Flora |
Directors
Writers
Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra, Primo Levi, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Turturro | Primo Levi |
| Rade Serbedzija | The Greek / Greek |
| Massimo Ghini | Cesare |
| Stefano Dionisi | Daniele |
| Teco Celio | Col. Rovi / Colonnello Rovi |
| Roberto Citran | Unverdorben |
| Claudio Bisio | Ferrari |
| Andy Luotto | D'Agata |
| Agnieszka Wagner | Galina |
| Lorenza Indovina | Flora |
| Marina Gerasimenko | Maria Fyodorovna |
| Igor Bezgin | Yegorov / Egorov |
| Aleksandr Ilin | The Mongol / Mongol |
| Vyacheslav Olkhovskiy | Lt. Sergei / Tenente Sergei |
| Tatyana Cherkasova | Irina |
| Franco Trevisi | Marshall / Maresciallo |
| Federico Pacifici | Lieutenant |
| Ernesto Lama | Carmine |
| Gerda-Maria Jürgens | Brigitte |
| Kaspar Weiss | Kapo |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Véra Belmont | Producer |
| Guido De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Dominique Green | Producer |
| Marcel Hoehn | Producer |
| Leo Pescarolo | Producer |
| Daniel Zuta | Producer |
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