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The Great Appeal

The Great Appeal is a 1936 Italian war film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Roberto Villa and Lina d'Acosta. It is sometimes known by the alternative title The Last Roll-Call.

Synopsis
Giovanni Bertani is a rootless Italian emigrant who is currently running a hotel in French Djibouti. Although his son Enrico is serving with the Italian forces in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he sells arms to the Abyssinian forces fighting them. Following a journey to Abyssinia Giovanni regains his sense of Italian identity, and is fatally wounded blowing up the shipment of arms to the Abyssinians. == Cast ==
Cast
Camillo Pilotto as Giovanni Bertani • Roberto Villa (dubbed by Mario Pisu) as Enrico • Lina d'Acosta as Pepita • Guglielmo Sinaz as Miller - il contrabbandiere d'armi • Bruno Smith as Il giornalista Patti • Pedro Valdes as Salvador • Nino Marchetti as Il chirurgo • Enrico Poggi as Un operaio genovese == References ==
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