Heroic Charge (1952) aka Carica eroica DVD-R

Starring Antonio Caprice, Giuseppe Carignani, Ludovico Ceriana, Giovanni Del Balzo, Egisto Del Panta
Directed by Francesco De Robertis
Print: Black/White
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Drama
Language: Italian with English subtitles

In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol sent on reconnaissance comes under machine-gun fire from the top of a bell-tower.