Daddy Deer, 1969 (16mm negative, 2K/Sound scan)

Location: Milan, Italy Creator: Franco Cigarini Alcide Cervi, father of the seven brothers brutally killed by the Nazis, narrates in the film the main moments of his life: the activity of a peasant breadwinner struggling with the daily problems of work in the countryside during fascism, the education given to children, the innovations introduced in agricultural activity, the war, the fight against Nazi-Fascism, the massacre of the seven children, the recovery of the post-war period despite the grief and the pain. Introduced by a presentation by Ferruccio Parri, Father Cervi stands out in the film with all his strength, vitality and moral stature that make him an extraordinary figure of contemporary Italy. “Golden Dove” Award at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival for Cinema and TV Premio dei Colli, Este, 1969 01. Opening initials of the AAMOD 02. PP by Ferruccio Parri; images of Parri near Alcide Cervi in bed 03. Title: PAPA' DEER; opening credits 04. Milan: Deer on board a car parades through the applauding crowd; images of the crowd in Piazza Duomo; pp of Cervi and some children in the crowd 05. Alternation of photos of Deer with foreign politicians (Soviet ambassador awards medal) and Italians (President Luigi Einaudi, Palmiro Togliatti) 06. Deer walks along a wheat field 07. Shadows on the wall of the seven children escorted by two armed soldiers; PPP by Cervi; image of a lawn with the sound of gunfire F.C.; photos with portraits of their children 08. External images of the house of Deer; inq of the memorial plaque of the death of the children 09. Interior of the house; Deer sitting at the end of a table look at the photos of the children; details of the photos 10. Alternating details of a painting that portrays the Deer family and a fireplace 11. Details of a tractor and men and women working in the fields; inq of the cultivated fields 12. Mf di Cervi looking at photos; people hoeing the ground; pp of a woman; pp of two children sitting on a tractor 13. Written on a wall “YOU WILL BRING ITALY TO RUIN”; photo by Mussolini; details of Aldo Cervi's letter to his mother; images of a child 14. Photographs of people after the fall of fascism; photos of soldiers surrendering on September 8, 1943 15. Images of the Deer House; detail of objects (rifles, boots, grenades) of soldiers who had taken refuge from the fascists; PPP by Cervi 16. Images of a burning house alternating with children crying at the sound of gunfire; detail of a horse's snout; Deer ppp 17. Succession of photos after the Liberation; partisans in the mountains in the snow; corpses of men and soldiers burned or shot 18. Deer looks at photos; zoomed in on photos of his wife 19. Different inq of Deer walking to his wife's grave; details of the grave with the names of the children and wife 20. Deer at the table with their grandchildren 21. Deer in a field with a niece 22. Town Square, Deer among the People 23. Cheese storage detail; Deer talks to a man and sits next to grandchildren 24. Inq Diverse by Cervi who works wood and weaves ropes; Cervi talks to boys 25. Overview of a wheat field; pp of children; deer walking among the fields