The Four Days of Naples (film)

The Four Days of Naples (Italian: Le quattro giornate di Napoli) is a 1962 Italian film, directed by Nanni Loy and set during the uprising which gives its name. It stars Regina Bianchi, Aldo Giuffrè, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel, Franco Sportelli, Charles Belmont, Gian Maria Volontè and Frank Wolff.

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• The four days of naples a documentary
• Plot
• Cast
• References

The film won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Writing Original Screenplay, and a BAFTA Award for Best Film. At the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963, the film was awarded with the FIPRESCI Prize.

Plot

During World War II, the people of Naples are forced to work in slave camps by the occupying Germans. They grow tired of the oppression, and revolt against the invaders, armed with any weapon they can find. The revolt lasts four days, and they eventually drive the Germans from the city before the arrival of allied troops, advancing from the Salerno beach head.

Cast

Regina Bianchi as Concetta Capuozzo (as Régina Bianchi)

Aldo Giuffrè as Pitrella

Lea Massari as Maria

Jean Sorel as Livornese

Franco Sportelli as Prof. Rosati

Charles Belmont as Sailor

Gian Maria Volontè as captain Royal Italian Army

Frank Wolff as Salvatore

Luigi De Filippo as Cicillo

Pupella Maggio as Arturo's Mother

Georges Wilson as Reformatory Director

Raffaele Barbato as Ajello

Rosalia Maggio as concerned woman