Rosolino Paternò, soldato...
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Director Nanni Loy Duration Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli Country Italy | 5.2/10 Genre Action, Comedy, Drama Music director Carlo Rustichelli Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Agenore Incrocci , Furio Scarpelli Release date 1970 (1970) Produced by Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica Cast Nino Manfredi (Rosolino Paternò), Jason Robards (Sam Armstrong), Peter Falk (Peter Pawney), Martin Landau (Joe Mellone), Scott Hylands (Reginald Wollington), Anthony Dawson (Italian General)Similar movies Fury , Terminator Salvation , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Captain America: The First Avenger , The Equalizer , The Grand Budapest Hotel |
Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (also known as Operation Snafu and Situation Normal: A.F.U) is a 1970 Italian comedy film. The film stars Martin Landau, Jason Robards, and Peter Falk. In the title role is Nino Manfredi.
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Plot

Sicily, 1943, before the Allied assault in July. A pair of American commandos parachute inside the island for a secret mission. They are asked to check on the German weapons and positions before the assault. Along the way, they meet a wounded Italian prisoner of war. He agrees to help them complete their mission, provided there are no bumps in the road and no Germans thrown in.
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Production
The film was filmed in Licata and Agrigento. It was completely shot in English, with great difficulty for the lead actor Nino Manfredi due to his lacking of English language skills. The English-language version took its title from the American anacronym during the war used for situational conditions before any sanctioned mission by the military: SNAFU, meaning Situation Normal, All Fouled Up.