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A Chance to Live

7.0(5)194918m1

1949 documentary short that won an Oscar in a tie with "So Much For So Little". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Dec 1949

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A Chance to Live was released on 1 December 1949.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/1/2025

    6/10

    With the lives of so many young Italian boys left in ruins as the Allies displaced the Fascists on their way towards Rome, this short feature takes a look at how the church, the US army and a fair degree of charitable effort was put into the creation of what were called the “Boys Republic”. One of four of these institutions was centred near the ancient town of Santa Marinella where we are introduced to the headstrong…

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