A Pilot Returns

Name: A Pilot Returns
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Released: 1942
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte, Gaetano Masier, Elvira Betrone, Nino Brondello

1942 · 80 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 311 VOTES · DIR. Roberto Rossellini

Overview

A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. He falls in love with a doctor's daughter and manages to escape during a bombardment. He reaches home, wounded, just as news arrives of the Greek surrender.

Dialogue Timeline — 436 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:45 A PILOT RETURNS

00:03:17 Go straight ahead and at the corner of the building, you turn.

00:05:11 - Oh, thank goodness, the spaghetti! - What were you up to? You're late.

00:06:09 It's a small port on the Greek coast that we like to call "Spaghetti".

00:07:04 WE ALWAYS GIVE PRAISE, TO THAT FOOL WHO PAID!

00:07:58 Did you know that you have a very complicated little hat?

00:09:04 Bye, darlings! Good night.

00:10:15 Considering the weather conditions we're going to head north east.

00:16:22 In an hour we'll be home.

00:23:17 We were just terribly unlucky. It couldn't have gone any worse than that.

00:28:56 - Come on, come on! - Quick! Quick! - Get him up!

00:31:11 They're terrible, those damn cannons and that insufferable thudding.

00:33:37 - Where did you come from? - I'm coming from Paramythia.

00:34:52 - Where are you going? - I'm going to get water for the wounded man.

00:37:58 This place is full of people. It isn't the right place for such a procedure.

00:40:53 Nikolopoulos...

00:44:57 Poor thing, he's a boy of 5 years old.

00:46:35 We must go. We can't stay here.

00:51:39 That's enough, Jack. There's no time to waste.

00:58:23 ... by pushing it on his forehead.

01:06:45 Fine, thank you.

01:09:57 For God's sake calm down, animals!

01:12:31 Gino! Gino!

Cast & Characters

Massimo Girotti Il tenente Gino Rossati Michela Belmonte Anna Gaetano Masier Il tenente Trisotti Elvira Betrone La signora Rossati - la madre di Gino Nino Brondello Il tenente Vittali Piero Lulli De Santis Giovanni Valdambrini Il medico - il padre di Anna Piero Palermini Un giovane ufficiale inglese Jole Tinta La madre del bimbo ammalato

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed436

Dialogue density5.5 lines / min

First line00:00:45

Final line01:12:31

Production Record

DirectorRoberto Rossellini

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes311