Long Night in 1943
| La lunga notte del '43 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Florestano Vancini |
| Produced by |
Tonino Cervi Alessandro Jacovoni |
| Written by |
Florestano Vancini Ennio De Concini Pier Paolo Pasolini Giorgio Bassani (novel) |
| Starring |
Raffaella Pelloni Belinda Lee Gabriele Ferzetti Enrico Maria Salerno Andrea Checchi |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Cinematography | Carlo Di Palma |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Release date | 1960 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Long Night in 1943, The Long Night of '43 or It Happened in '43 (original Italian title - La lunga notte del '43) is an Italian film of 1960 set during the Allied invasion of Italy and Italian Social Republic in 1943 during the Second World War. It was directed by Florestano Vancini and adapted by Vancini, Ennio De Concini and Pier Paolo Pasolini from a short story by Giorgio Bassani.
In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.[1][2][3]
Plot
The young wife of a wheelchair user starts an affair with an Italian Army deserter, just as a fanatical local Fascist of Italian Social Republic leader massacres his opponents to seize power. Among those opponents is the deserter's father.
Cast
- Belinda Lee - Anna Barilari
- Gabriele Ferzetti - Franco Villani
- Enrico Maria Salerno - Pino Barilari
- Gino Cervi - Carlo Aretusi
- Andrea Checchi - The pharmacist
- Nerio Bernardi - Villani the lawyer
- Isa Querio - Signora Villani
- Raffaella Pelloni - Ines, Franco's sister
- Loris Bazzocchi - Vincent
- Carlo Di Maggio - Console Bolognesi
- Alice Clements - Blanche Villani, Franco's wife
Awards
At the 1960 Venice Film Festival, the film won Vancini the award for Best First Work and a nomination for the Golden Lion (losing out to Le Passage du Rhin).
Enrico Maria Salerno won a Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor at the 1961 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists awards.
References
- ↑ Massimo Bertarelli, Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare, Gremese Editore, 2004, ISBN 88-8440-340-5.
- ↑ Massimo Borriello (4 March 2008). "Cento film e un'Italia da non dimenticare". Movieplayer. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare". Corriere della Sera. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2013.