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1952 film

The City Stands Trial
Film poster
Directed byLuigi Zampa
Written bySuso Cecchi d'Amico
Diego Fabbri
Ettore Giannini
Francesco Rosi
Turi Vasile
Produced byPaolo Moffa
StarringAmedeo Nazzari
Silvana Pampanini
Paolo Stoppa
CinematographyEnzo Serafin
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byEnzo Masetti
Production
company		Film Costellazione
Distributed byFilm Costellazione
Release date
  • 5 September 1952 (1952-09-05)
Running time98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The City Stands Trial (Italian: Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian crime drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa. It is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in the early 1900s. It is considered to be Zampa's most accomplished film. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Synopsis

In Naples at the beginning of the twentieth century a double murder of husband and wife appears to be the work of the Camorra. A crusading young judge takes on the case but faces a number of threats and obstacles, and his investigation turns much of the population against him.

Cast

References

  1. Moliterno, The A to Z of Italian Cinema, p. 342
  2. "1st Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.

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External links

Films directed by Luigi Zampa


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