The Condemned of Altona (film)

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The Condemned of Altona
The Condemned of Altona FilmPoster.jpeg
Film poster
Directed byVittorio De Sica
Written byJean-Paul Sartre (play)
Abby Mann
Cesare Zavattini
Produced byCarlo Ponti
StarringSophia Loren
Maximilian Schell
CinematographyRoberto Gerardi
Music byNino Rota
Franco Ferrara
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
Release date
  • 30 October 1962 (1962-10-30)
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (US/ Canada)[1][2]

The Condemned of Altona (Italian: I sequestrati di Altona) is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.[3] For this film Vittorio De Sica won the David di Donatello for Best Director.[4]

Plot[]

A father, who is dying, calls together his family, to go over his last wishes.

Cast[]

Music and Art[]

The music used in the film is from the third movement, "Eternal Memory," of Symphony No. 11 ("Year 1905") by Dmitri Shostakovich. The drawings on the walls of Franz's room are by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso.

References[]

  1. ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
  2. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p229
  3. ^ Mark Deming (2012). "The Condemned of Altona". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  4. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

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