The Camp Followers

The Camp Followers (1965)

Le soldatesse

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

Date of release
1965-07-17
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (43)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Valerio Zurlini

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Le soldatesse

The Camp Followers is a 1965 Italian World War II film directed by Valerio Zurlini and starring Anna Karina. Based on a 1956 novel by Ugo Pirro, it tells the story of a young lieutenant in the Italian Army who in 1942 is ordered to take a lorryload of Greek prostitutes from starving Athens under Axis occupation to entertain the Italian troops fighting Partisans in Albania. The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize.

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