What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

The screen dares reveal the best kept secrets of World War II!

1966116 min5.9 / 10

A lighthearted wartime farce that treats WWII as a backdrop for absurdist comedy, romantic entanglement, and the clash between military protocol and human pragmatism.

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

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