Many Wars Ago

Many Wars Ago
Italian	Uomini contro
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Written by	Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Tonino Guerra
Based on	One year on the High Plateau by Emilio Lussu
Produced by	Francesco Rosi Marina Cicogna
Starring	Mark Frechette Alain Cuny Gian Maria Volonté Giampiero Albertini Pier Paolo Capponi Franco Graziosi
Cinematography	Pasqualino De Santis
Edited by	Ruggiero Mastroianni
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Production companies	Prima Cinematografica Jadran Film
Distributed by	Euro International (Italy) Dubrava Film (Yugoslavia)
Release dates	31 August 1970 (1970-08-31) (Venice) 17 September 1970 (1970-09-17) (Italy) 13 January 1971 (1971-01-13) (Yugoslavia)
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	Italy Yugoslavia[1]
Language	Italian

Many Wars Ago (Italian: Uomini contro, lit. 'Men Against') is a 1970 anti-war film set on the Alpine Front of the First World War. Directed, produced, and co-written by Francesco Rosi,^[2] the film is based on Emilio Lussu's memoir Un anno sull'altipiano ("One year on the plateau"), recounting his experiences at the Battle of Asiago.^[3] The Italian–Yugoslav co-production was filmed in Belgrade and Zagreb, and stars Mark Frechette, Gian Maria Volonté, and Alain Cuny.^[4][5] It premiered at the 31st Venice International Film Festival.