Flesh Will Surrender
| Flesh Will Surrender -Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo- | |
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| Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
| Produced by | Marcello D'Amico |
| Screenplay by |
Suso Cecchi d'Amico Aldo Fabrizi Federico Fellini Alberto Lattuada Piero Tellini |
| Based on | Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio |
| Starring | Aldo Fabrizi |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Giuliana Attenni |
| Distributed by | PAO |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Flesh Will Surrender (Italian: Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.[1] It is based on the novel Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
Giovanni Episcopo is a modest clerk, shy and awkward, who is jocked by his colleagues. The man does not know that he is going to be punished forever by fate. In fact, Giovanni falls in love with Ginevra. The two get married, generate a son, and go to live in Agrigento, in a house that Giovanni buys with his savings. The colleague of Giovanni: Giulio Wanzer, is determined to ruin his life, and has a love affair with Ginevra. Giovanni does not realize it, and begins to suspect something only when the character of Ginevra changes and becomes more cruel and aggressive. When Giulio, at the height of presumption, is installed in the home of Giovanni and is aggressive with Ginevra, Giovanni Episcopo goes mad with rage and kills his colleague.
Cast
- Aldo Fabrizi as Giovanni Episcopo
- Roldano Lupi as Giulio Wanzer
- Yvonne Sanson as Ginevra Canale
- Ave Ninchi as Emilia Canale
- Amedeo Fabrizi as Ciro Episcopo
- Nando Bruno as Antonio
- Alberto Sordi as Doberti
- Francesco De Marco as Canale
- Lia Grani as Signora Adele
- Maria Gonnelli as Santina
- Gino Cavalieri as Archive Director
- Gian Luca Cortese as Marquess Arguti (as Luca Cortese)
- Folco Lulli as Carlini
- Galeazzo Benti as Cavalry Officer
- Silvana Mangano as Dancer
- Gina Lollobrigida as Dancer
References
- ↑ "Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (1947)". Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Flesh Will Surrender". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 March 2015.