The Testimony (1946 film)
The Testimony | |
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Directed by | Pietro Germi |
Written by | Diego Fabbri Cesare Zavattini Enrico Ribulsi Ottavio Alessi Pietro Germi |
Starring | Roldano Lupi Marina Berti Ernesto Almirante Sandro Ruffini |
Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
Edited by | Gisa Radicchi Levi |
Music by | Enzo Masetti |
Production company | Orbis Film |
Distributed by | CEIAD |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Testimony (Italian: Il testimone) is 1946 Italian crime film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti and Ernesto Almirante. It is one of several films regarded as an antecedent of the later giallo thrillers.[1]
The film was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo.
Cast[]
- Roldano Lupi as Pietro Scotti
- Marina Berti as Linda
- Ernesto Almirante as Giuseppe Marchi, il testimone
- Sandro Ruffini as L'avvocato difensore
- Cesare Fantoni as Il padrone dell' osteria
- Arnoldo Foà as L'impiegato dell' anagrafe
- as Andrea, il condanato
- as La padrone di casa
- as Il pubblico ministero
- Vittorio Cottafavi
- Giovanni Petrucci
References[]
- ^ Moliterno p.150
Bibliography[]
- Moliterno, Gino. A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1946 films
- Italian-language films
- Italian films
- Italian crime films
- 1946 crime films
- Films directed by Pietro Germi
- Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini
- Cines Studios films
- 1940s Italian film stubs
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films scored by Enzo Masetti