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About the Film | ||
Behind Enemy Lines: the OSS and the Italian Resistance in World War II will be a one-hour documentary film, incorporating first-hand interviews with key members of the OSS and the Italian Resistance, archive film, photography, and selected reenactments using an experimental approach to reconstruct key moments recounted in stories by OSS veterans and Partisans. This project is the first documentary of its kind to explore the sacrifices and common sense of purpose shared between OSS volunteers and their Italian Partisan counterparts. Moving away from stereotypic stories of bravery, our film will emphasize a wide range of human emotions that reflect the conflicts and contradictions in any war of liberation. “We did not fight a conventional war; we fought a dirty war, one without uniforms, POW camps or rules laid down by the Geneva Convention. We slept under a starry sky at night…we lived in fear of being discovered by the enemy, of Nazi reprisals among our population and close family, and of betrayal within our own ranks.” (Partisan soldier) |
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