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Stormtroopers
Sturmtruppen
1976 · Film · 110 min
Directed by Salvatore Samperi
A handful of recruits prepares for a war that nobody knows about the purpose or the motive. The field commander is a general who plays with a Marx puppet and lives in a luxurious palace that looks like a cabin from the outside. His orderlies are a captain who lives in Arabic dress in a curtain and a sergeant in training who does not shine for intelligence. Continuing training between various and grotesque accidents until the order arrives for the front. And then?
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Italian comics lover here. I’ve never been an Alan Ford fan, but it was a hit for my parents’ generation in the ‘70s. Beyond the merits of Alan Ford stories themselves, the series is a cornerstone of Italian comicdom for other reasons: writer Luciano Secchi (“Max Bunker”) was responsible for the arrival of Marvel comics in Italy, and artist Roberto Raviola (“Magnus”) was one of the best talents the art ever produced, an absolute world-class master who went on to write and draw several masterpieces.
Secchi’s historic publishing house (Editoriale Corno) also published tons of excellent Italian series like Franco “Bonvi” Bonvicini’s Sturmtruppen and controversial dark/pulp series like Kriminal and Satanik, effectively marking a golden age of Italian comics. Reportedly Secchi grew somewhat grumpy and disenchanted with age, becoming a bit of a right-winger, isolating himself from the world of Italian comics and only working on Alan Ford.
Raviola went on to create several masterpieces (Lo Sconosciuto, Femmine Incantate, Le 110 Pillole, Milady nel 3000, La compagnia della forca, and a famous Tex Willer special episode) before sadly dying of cancer way too early (56). He was a reference for generations of Italian comic artists, and a character in his own right with his remarkable moustaches and his jovial attitude.
I wish more of classic Italian comics could be translated properly for the English-speaking market, there is a lot of excellent material and spectacular artists like Magnus and Andrea Pazienza.