Give Us This Day
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Edward Dmytryk Music director Benjamin Frankel Duration Country United Kingdom | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Producer Edward Dmytryk Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Pietro di Donato , Ben Barzman Release date October 14, 1949 (1949-10-14) Cast Sam Wanamaker (Geremio), Lea Padovani (Annuziata), Kathleen Ryan (Kathleen), Charles Goldner (Luigi), Bonar Colleano (Julio), William Sylvester (Giovanni (as Bill Sylvester))Similar movies Related Edward Dmytryk movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08 give us this day
Give Us This Day is a 1949 British film, directed by Edward Dmytryk. This flim was released in the United States as Christ in Concrete. Another alternate title was Salt and the Devil.
Contents
- 08 give us this day
- Give us this day 1949 half a day s work for one man
- Plot
- Cast
- Red Scare
- Reception
- References
The film was based on the 1939 novel Christ in Concrete by Pietro Di Donato. The title is taken from the Lord's Prayer.
Give us this day 1949 half a day s work for one man
Plot
Geremio is an Italian bricklayer living with his family. The film depicts how Geremio and his family endure the struggles of living in Brooklyn during the Great Depression.
Cast
Red Scare
At the time this movie was made, Dmytryk had been blacklisted as a member of the Hollywood Ten. Wanamaker had also been blacklisted. The movie was filmed entirely in London due to Dmytryk and Wanamaker's negative perception in the United States at the time.
Reception
The film received a mixed review from New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther. He called it "a film drama of considerable graphicness but of oddly limited power." While praising the movie for its "careful and earnest attempt to capture the hard yet wistful quality of Mr. di Donato's tale," Crowther said that "the spirit and compulsion of this deeply distressing tale of poverty and frustration are absent from the film."
References
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