Corbari (1970): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1970, Corbari is a war film directed by Valentino Orsini, running about 97 minutes.

What it’s about. The real story of the partisan Silvio Corbari. He starts his career killing publicly one of his friends that was a fascist. Than, he set up a band of partisans in north Italy, completely independent from the Italian organized resistance (CLN). Ines, leave his husband to join the band and became Silvio's lover. Silvio Corbari succeeded also to set up a free-zone, his personal republic, independent from the Nazi occupied Italy, in a little village called Tregnano. But the opponent Nazi-Fascist army is too much for any kind of resistance, especially if not included in the organized CNL. All his partisan friends are captured and sentenced to death, Ines, close to be captured, suicides. Corbari, even if survives to a first hanging, can't escape to a second one. After WWII he deserved a gold medal to the memory from the Italian Republic.

Who’s in it. Corbari stars Giuliano Gemma as Silvio Corbari, Tina Aumont as Ines, Antonio Piovanelli as Adriano Casadei and Frank Wolff as Ulianov, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.2/10, Corbari has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Eternal Family and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Corbari page.

If you liked it. Fans of Corbari tend to enjoy Schindler's List, Grave of the Fireflies, The Pianist and Apocalypse Now.