Die sieben Brüder Cervi

The Seven Cervi Brothers is a movie based on a true story about an Italian family that took up arms against the fascist government during World War II. They became famous folk heroes after the war and deserve a better tribute than this. The movie feels choppy, like it was cut down from a longer length or that it was condensing source material that was really long. Most of the scenes are very short with banal dialogue (or subtitles anyway) which kept me from getting emotionally invested. Plus, it is hard to make a movie with seven main characters, but this movie does not even try. Instead it concentrates on Aldo (played by Gian Maria Volonte) thus making the other six brothers bystanders in their own story. Too bad; there is a good story here. Maybe a mini-series would do it justice.