Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
Paisà is of 2 hour(s) and 5 minute(s). It is Produced By: Organizzazione Film Internazionali (OFI), Foreign Film Productions. It was released on 1946-12-10. It has the tagline: There are always opportunities for redemption. It has an average vote of 7.557 on TMDB.
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