Rosolino Paternò, soldato...
{{Infobox film
| name = Rosolino Paternò, soldato...
| image = Rosolino Paternò, soldato....jpg
| caption =
| director = Nanni Loy
| writer = Agenore Incrocci
Furio Scarpelli
| starring = Nino Manfredi
Jason Robards
Martin Landau
| music = Carlo Rustichelli
| cinematography = Tonino Delli Colli
| editing =Ruggero Mastroianni
| producer = Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
| distributor = Allied Artists Pictures
| released = {{film date|1970}}
| runtime =
| country = Italy
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (also known as Operation Snafu and Situation Normal: A.F.U.){{cite web|title=Situation Normal: A.F.U.|url=http://www.revengehorrordvd.com/situation-normal-afu-dvd536.html|publisher=Revenge Horror DVD|accessdate=20 November 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} is a 1970 Italian comedy film. The film stars Martin Landau, Jason Robards, and Peter Falk. In the title role is Nino Manfredi.
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.
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as Rosolino Paternò
- Jason Robards as Sam Armstrong
- Martin Landau as Joe Mellone
- Peter Falk as Peter Pawney
- Scott Hylands as Reginald Wollington
- Milena Vukotic as Rosolino's wife
- Frank Latimore as the American Lieutenant
- Anthony Dawson as the Italian General
- Slim Pickens as General Maxwell
- Lorenza Guerrieri as Vincenzina Puglisi
- Renzo Marignano
- Mario Maranzana
- Orso Maria Guerrini
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.{{cite book|last=Aldo Bernardini|title=Nino Manfredi|year=1999|publisher=Gremese|isbn=88-7742-369-2|page=116}} 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 Fucked Up.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0066312}}
{{Nanni Loy}}
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Category:1970s English-language films
Category:English-language Italian films
Category:Films directed by Nanni Loy
Category:Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
Category:Italian Campaign of World War II films
Category:Military comedy films
Category:English-language comedy films
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