Guai ai vinti (Woe to the Vanquished Ones) is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on the novel Vae Victis by Annie Vivanti.
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Plot
During the First World War the Italian front at Caporetto is overwhelmed by an attack of adverse troops. Luisa and her sister Clara remain in their villa, prisoners of the Austrians. They are forced to undergo all sorts of violence, so that Mirella, the little daughter of Luisa, lost the use of the word following the trauma.
Cast
Lea Padovani: Luisa
Anna Maria Ferrero: Clara
Pierre Cressoy: Franco
Clelia Matania: Teresa
Camillo Pilotto: Bonechi
Gualtiero Tumiati: Don Marzi
Rolf Tasna: Claudio
Paola Quattrini: Mirella
Giulio Ottavi: Giovanni
Emilio Cigoli: Pietro
Mario Del Monaco: Mario Abbate
Marcella Rovena: Countess Amelia
Isa Querio: Miss Bonechi
Bianca Doria: Contadina nel granaio
Teresa Franchini: Contadina nel granaio
Anita Durante: Popolana
Irene Cefaro: Friend of Clara
Enrico Glori: Viaggiatore