Guai ai vinti (Woe to the Vanquished Ones) is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on the novel Vae Victis by Annie Vivanti.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Raffaello Matarazzo |
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| Cinematography | Tino Santoni |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
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Release date | 3 November 1954 |
Plot edit
During the First World War the Italian front at Caporetto is overwhelmed by an attack of adverse troops. Luisa and her sister Clara remain in their villa, prisoners of the Austrians. They are forced to undergo all sorts of violence, so that Mirella, the little daughter of Luisa, lost the use of the word following the trauma.
Cast edit
- Lea Padovani: Luisa
- Anna Maria Ferrero: Clara
- Pierre Cressoy: Franco
- Clelia Matania: Teresa
- Camillo Pilotto: Bonechi
- Gualtiero Tumiati: Don Marzi
- Rolf Tasna: Claudio
- Paola Quattrini: Mirella
- Giulio Ottavi: Giovanni
- Emilio Cigoli: Pietro
- Mario Del Monaco: Mario Abbate
- Marcella Rovena: Countess Amelia
- Isa Querio: Miss Bonechi
- Bianca Doria: Contadina nel granaio
- Teresa Franchini: Contadina nel granaio
- Anita Durante: Popolana
- Irene Cefaro: Friend of Clara
- Enrico Glori: Viaggiatore
References edit
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.
- ^ Emiliano Morreale (2011). Così piangevano: il cinema melò nell'Italia degli anni Cinquanta. Donzelli Editore, 2011. ISBN 978-88-6036-582-8.
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