| Once More Unto the Breach | |
| Native Name: | |
| Language: | Italian, Russian |
| Country: | Italy |
| Director: | Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini |
| Producer: | Claudio Giapponesi |
| Cinematography: | Andrea Vaccari |
| Editing: | Maria Fantastica Valmori |
| Music: | Simonluca Laitempergher |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
Once More Unto the Breach (Italian: '''Il varco'''|lit=The Gate) is a fiction film created with archive materials shot during World War II. The film's premiere took place during the 76th Venice Film Festival. In 2020, the film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori won the award for best editing at the European Film Awards.[1]
World War II, 1941. Nazi Germany invades the USSR. Its most faithful ally, Fascist Italy, also sends its first troops to the Ukrainian front. An unknown soldier is one of them. Unlike most of his comrades in arms, he has knows the frontline, the bombings and the massacres of war before. And he is scared.