Italian Front, World War I
In World War I, Italy fought on the side of the Allies, against Germany. In particular, there was a front in northeastern Italy on the border of what used to be Austria-Hungary.
Above, Austro-Hungarian prisoners captured by the British Army bathing in a stream on the Italian Front, 1917-1918. Photo by W.J. Brunell in the Imperial War Museums.
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The statue above, called Monument to the Fallen in the Great War (World War I), was dedicated in Trieste, Italy in 1935. It depicts five naked soldiers, three of them supporting a wounded comrade while the fifth protects them with a shield.
This 1918 statue in the gardens of the Villa Borghese in Rome depicts an Italian war hero, Enrico Toti, who had lost a leg before the war (hence the crutch). Not accepted into the army because of his injury, he nevertheless served unofficially, delivering messages at the front line. He was killed in 1916.
We end with a 1982 Italian film about World War I called Porca Vacca. It's an Italian phrase (literally "pig cow") that means "Holy cow!" (or less politely, "Holy shit!"). The film is about an Italian vaudeville comedian who tries and fails to avoid getting drafted in World War I and his subsequent misadventures in the army. The film was panned by critics, but the clip above is worth watching. In the Italian army induction center, we see a line of recruits waiting to be processed. The man dressed as a woman is the comedian, who is trying to avoid getting drafted by pretending he's gay or trans. It doesn't work, but meanwhile we can admire the scenery.
11 comments:
About the video: good old days when adult males had bushes 😜
"Holy Cow" sums it up, all right. I'm trying to imagine what the casting call was like for this recruitment segment in the film. Some fine specimens on full display.
Yes, I thought exactly the same thing.
The original Klinger from M.A.S.H. ....
1982 and even now, this would never be seen in an American movie. They would cut it from the hips up or the boys would wear undies and more, large boxers.
This is the difference between European and American puritan movies.
It will not get better with this Evangelical hypocrite president.
+ isonzo, la battaglia che era un titracarne, in totale 12 battaglie con 500.000 morti :(
il film spensierato racconta la verità tangibile della spirito umano, qualcosa che i censori non possono sopportare.
I always like your military posts. I, too, enjoyed seeing the young men and their fine asses.
Also teenagers had bushes.
Sadly, you are very correct!!!
Those boys being boys
Was the first guy rejected by the recruiters? It appears so from the reactions of the other guys in line
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