A Walk in the Sun
film by Milestone [1945]
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The film A Walk in the Sun was directed by Lewis Milestone and released in 1945. It is a war drama adapted by Robert Rossen from the novel by Harry Brown. The film focuses on the mental states of soldiers as they attempt to capture a farmhouse in Italy held by the Nazis. Its effect is closer to an antiwar message, similar to Milestone's earlier film All Quiet on the Western Front, rather than typical World War II heroic narratives.1
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