The Deserter Streaming - Where to Watch Online

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Deserter' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Deserter' right now, here are some details about the RAI drama flick.

The Deserter starring Isella Orchis, Irene Papas, Mattia Sbragia, Omero Antonutti has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and a scheduled release date of .

Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "In this tragic story that has an unrealized potential to tug at the emotions, a woman in mourning for her two sons lost in World War I is the only one in her village determined to financially support a war memorial. The village poor have too little money, and the richer are tight-fisted. She has given a whole 15 years of savings -- yet the good priest, for whom she works as a maid, is not enthusiastic about her action because he is worried that the memorial will not remind the villagers of past horrors and suffering but disguise the human cost of war in rhetoric. As the memorial's advocates begin to sustain the day, flashbacks show how the woman's youngest son shot his captain, deserted the army, and came to die of fever while in his mother's care. The priest helped her as much as possible, yet he feels compelled to tell the authorities that her son was a deserter." .