Tragic Hunt

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Tragic Hunt

screenshot from film
Directed by Giuseppe De Santis
Written by Giuseppe De Santis
Corrado Alvaro
Michelangelo Antonioni
Umberto Barbaro
Carlo Lizzani
Gianni Puccini
Cesare Zavattini
Starring Vivi Gioi
Massimo Girotti
Carla Del Poggio
Andrea Checchi
Music by Giuseppe Rosati
Cinematography Otello Martelli
Editing by Mario Serandrei
Release dates November 4, 1947 (Italy)
October 21, 1948 (U.S.)
Running time 90 Min
Country Italy
Language Italian

Caccia tragica or Tragic Hunt is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis.

Future filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Lizzani co-wrote the script.

Awards

It won two Nastro d'Argento as Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Vivi Gioi).

Plot

After the Second World War, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, a cooperative has been founded by peasants. War has destroyed the country. A group of bandits, with former Nazi-collaborator Daniela, known as 'Lili Marlene' (Vivi Gioi), holds up the truck where the money of the cooperative is travelling. All the peasants search for the thieves in a tragic hunt.

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