Square of Violence (1961)

6.4/10 96 min Drama War

Overview

Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944. Crawford plays here a doctor whose son has been shot by the Germans. Of course he has no more taste in life. He continues his work as a German officers' physician. One day, he throws a bomb just in the middle of German troops. Many soldiers and officers are killed. Some time later, the lead officer of the Nazis troops suspects the doctor to be the responsible of the explosion. He lets him know that he himself knows...

Cast

Broderick Crawford

Dr. Stefan Bernardi

Valentina Cortese

Erica Bernardi

Bibi Andersson

Maria

Branko Pleša

Major Kohler

Anita Björk

Sophia

Bert Sotlar

Partisan Leader

Dragomir Felba

Serafin

Viktor Starčić

German Commandant

Nikola Simić

Radio Operator

Milivoje 'Mića' Tomić

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