Long Night in 1943
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Language Italian | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance, War Duration Country Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1960 Initial release September 13, 1960 (Italy) Cast (Anna), (Pino Barilari), (Mario Villani), (Carlo Aretusi), Raffaella Carrà (Ines)Similar movies The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 , Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials , Captain America: The First Avenger , Captain America: Civil War , Casablanca , Equilibrium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Night in 1943, The Long Night of '43 or It Happened in '43 (original Italian title - La lunga notte del '43) is an Italian film of 1960 set during the Allied invasion of Italy and Italian Social Republic in 1943 during the Second World War. It was directed by Florestano Vancini and adapted by Vancini, Ennio De Concini and Pier Paolo Pasolini from a short story by Giorgio Bassani. The film stars Enrico Maria Salerno, Belinda Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Gino Cervi and Andrea Checchi.
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In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
Plot
The young wife of a wheelchair user starts an affair with an Italian Army deserter, just as a fanatical local Fascist of Italian Social Republic leader massacres his opponents to seize power. Among those opponents is the deserter's father.
Cast
Awards
At the 1960 Venice Film Festival, the film won Vancini the award for Best First Work and a nomination for the Golden Lion (losing out to Le Passage du Rhin).
Enrico Maria Salerno won a Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor at the 1961 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists awards.
References
Long Night in 1943 WikipediaLong Night in 1943 IMDb Long Night in 1943 themoviedb.org