In Love and War is a Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

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 original movie, directed by John Kent Harrison

John Kent Harrison

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. It is based on the book Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby. It was filmed in Italy and stars Callum Blue

Callum Blue

Daniel James Callum Blue , better known as Callum Blue, is an English film and television actor, best known for his roles on the Showtime series The Tudors and Dead Like Me as well as for his role as Zod in the American television series Smallville and British...

 and Barbora Bobulova

Barbora Bobulová

Barbora Bobuľová is a Slovak actress.Born in Martin, Slovakia, Bobuľová trained at the National Drama Academy in Bratislava before moving to Italy in 1995...

.

Plot

After being released from an Italian

Italy

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 prison, British

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 officer Eric Newby must find his way out of Italy before the Germans

Nazi Germany

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 come. However, he is injured on the way and is left behind from his fellow soldiers. He is helped out by the local Italians, and he meets Wanda, a beautiful local girl who helps him learn Italian

Italian language

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 so he can escape. Slowly, their small friendship turns into a romance, but with the Germans looking for Eric, they are kept apart, not knowing what will happen.

Cast

• Callum Blue
  Callum Blue
  Daniel James Callum Blue , better known as Callum Blue, is an English film and television actor, best known for his roles on the Showtime series The Tudors and Dead Like Me as well as for his role as Zod in the American television series Smallville and British...
  
   as Eric Newby
• Barbora Bobulova
  Barbora Bobulová
  Barbora Bobuľová is a Slovak actress.Born in Martin, Slovakia, Bobuľová trained at the National Drama Academy in Bratislava before moving to Italy in 1995...
  
   as Wanda
• Roberto Nobile
  Roberto Nobile
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   as Wanda's Father
• Madlena Nedeva as Wanda's Mother
• Oreste Rotundo as the Doctor
• Peter Bowles
  Peter Bowles
  -Early life:Bowles was born in London, England, the son of Sarah Jane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. His father was a chauffeur and butler at a stately home in Warwickshire; but, upon the outbreak of World War II, he was seconded to work as an engineer at Rolls-Royce and moved the family to Nottingham...
  
   as Melville
• Nick Reding
  Nick Reding
  Nick Reding is a British actor. During a career of more than two decades, he is probably best known for playing PC Pete Ramsey in The Bill and DI Michael Conner in Silent Witness...
  
   as James
• John Warnaby  as Feathers
• Toby Jones as Bolo
• Robert Weatherby as Butler
• Nicholas Gallagher as Duffy
• Mark Whiteley as Bob
• Maurizio Donadoni as Vincenzo
• Rosa Pianeta as Rosa
• Bianca Nappi as Dolores
• Emanuela Macchniz as Bianca
• Silvia De Santis as Valeria
• Giorgio Cantarini
  Giorgio Cantarini
  Giorgio Cantarini is an Italian child actor who, to date, has appeared in two Academy Award winning films: 1997's Life Is Beautiful and 2000's Gladiator....
  
   as Slavko
• Nicola Pannelli as Maurizio
• Marco Quaglia as Giuseppe
• Massimo Sarchielli as Merily
• Orazio Stracuzzi as Baruffa
• Rosa Di Brigida as Mrs. Baruffa
• Franco Ravera as Osvaldo