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| 3 | ''Uomini contro'' (Enlish title: ''Men Against..''. or ''Many Wars Ago'') is a 1970 drama by Francesco Rosi. Main role is played by Gian Maria Volonte |
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| 5 | The film is set in the WWI on the Austrian-Italian front. Italians have retreated from the mountain which dominates the valley and now they are trying to take it back. |
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| 8 | !! Tropes |
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| 10 | * AnyoneCanDie: Gian Maria Volonte, the main star here dies one hour into the film without great fanfare. |
| 11 | * TheCameo: By Daria Nicolodi as a nurse in this nearly entirely man-acted movie. |
| 12 | * CannonFodder: The soldiers for the higher officers. |
| 13 | * DownerEnding: The good sublieutenant Sassu who became the protagonist after the death of the character played by Volonte is shot by the firing squad. |
| 14 | * GeneralRipper: The general Leone |
| 15 | * ImpossibleMission: For the Italians to re-capture; a mountain earlier lost to the Austrians. |
| 16 | * MeaningfulName: That of gerenal Leone meaning "lion". Might rather be a deceiving name. |
| 17 | * ShotAtDawn: Sublieutenant Sassu |
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