The Truce

The Truce is a 1997 film directed by Francesco Rosi, written by Tonino Guerra, based on Primo Levi's memoir, The Truce. The film deals with Primo Levi's experiences returning to Italy in 1945 after the Red Army liberated the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. This was Rosi's final film before his death in 2015. Plot Although liberated on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of Italian former prisoners of war from the Italian Army in Russia. His long railway journey home to Turin took him on a circuitous route from Poland, through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany. Cast John Turturro - Primo Levi Rade Šerbedžija - The Greek (Morda Naum) Massimo Ghini - Cesare Stefano Dionisi - Daniele Teco Celio - Col. Rovi Roberto Citran - Unverdorben Claudio Bisio - Ferrari Andy Luotto - D'Agata Agnieszka Wagner - Galina Lorenza Indovina - Flora Marina Gerasimenko - Maria Fyodorovna Igor Bezgin - Yegorov Aleksandr Ilyin - The Mongol Vyacheslav Olkhovskiy - Lt. Sergei Anatoli Vasilyev - Dr. Gotlieb