Alarm Bells

Alarm Bells
Alarm Bells
	Film poster
Directed by	Luigi Zampa
Written by	Paolo Heusch; Piero Tellini
Produced by	Carlo Ponti
Starring	Gina Lollobrigida ; Yvonne Sanson ; Eduardo De Filippo
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Nino Rota
Production; company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	16 September 1949;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Alarm Bells (Italian: Campane a martello) is a 1949 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Yvonne Sanson and Eduardo De Filippo.^[1]

Location shooting took place on Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Gherardi. A separate English-language version Children of Chance was produced. It was directed by Zampa but otherwise featured a different British cast of actors. It took around 113 million lira at the box office.^[2]

A scene from the film featuring De Filippo, Lollobrigida and Sanson.

Plot[]

Agostina has been working as a prostitute during World War II, has been sending the money she has saved back to her hometown priest for safekeeping. After the war she returns to the island with her friend Australia, planning to open a clothing shop. However, she discovers that the Priest had been dead a year and his successor believing that the money was a donation has spent it all on an orphanage for those who have lost their parents in the war.

Cast[]

Gina Lollobrigida as Agostina
Yvonne Sanson as Australia
Eduardo De Filippo as Don Andrea
Carlo Giustini as Marco
Carlo Romano as Gendarme
Clelia Matania as Bianca
Agostino Salvietti as Mayor
Ernesto Almirante as Landowner
[it] as Butcher
as The Pharmacist
Ada Colangeli as Francesca
Carlo Pisacane as Filippo the altar boy
as Franco
Vittoria Febbi as Connie
as Chauffeur

References[]

^ Hal Erickson (2011). "The New York Times: Campane a martello". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
^ Chiti & Poppi p.74

Bibliography[]

Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links[]

Campane a martello at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] Hal Erickson (2011). "The New York Times: Campane a martello". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[2] Chiti & Poppi p.74

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