The Flame That Will Not Die
The Flame That Will Not Die | |
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Directed by | Vittorio Cottafavi |
Written by | Oreste Biancoli Giorgio Capitani Vittorio Cottafavi Fulvio Palmieri (novel) |
Produced by | Franco Navarra Vigiani |
Starring | Gino Cervi María Denis Leonardo Cortese |
Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
Edited by | Renzo Lucidi |
Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Production company | Orsa Film |
Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date | 21 September 1949 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Flame That Will Not Die (Italian: Fiamma che non si spegne) is a 1949 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Gino Cervi, María Denis and Leonardo Cortese.[1] It is based on the story of Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer who died to save others being executed by the Germans during the Second World War.
It was made at Cinecittà Studios. The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti.
Cast[]
- Gino Cervi as Luigi Manfredi
- María Denis as Maria
- Leonardo Cortese as Giuseppe Manfredi
- Luigi Tosi as Giovanni
- Carlo Campanini as Il zio di Maria
- as Caterina
- Nando Bruno
- Tino Buazzelli
- Vittorio Cottafavi
- Fulvia Mammi as Norina
- Dina Romano
- Gian Paolo Rosmino
- Gustavo Serena
References[]
- ^ Bonsaver & Gordon p.104
Bibliography[]
- Guido Bonsaver & Robert Gordon. Culture, Censorship and the State in Twentieth-century Italy. European Humanities Research Centre, 2005.
External links[]
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1940s war drama films
- Italian war drama films
- 1949 films
- Italian films
- Films directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1949 drama films
- Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
- Italian World War II films
- World War II films based on actual events
- 1940s Italian film stubs