| The Hunchback of Rome | |
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| Directed by | Carlo Lizzani |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Tommaso Chiaretti Carlo Lizzani Luciano Vincenzoni Ugo Pirro |
| Starring | Gérard Blain |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
| Cinematography | Leonida Barboni Aldo Tonti Giuseppe Aquari |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Distributed by | Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica |
Release date | 1960 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Il gobbo (internationally released as The Hunchback of Rome) is a 1960 Italian crime-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.[1] It is loosely based on the real life events of Giuseppe Albano, an Italian partisan that was one of the protagonists, from 1943 to 1945, of the Roman Resistance against German occupation.[2][3]
Plot[edit | edit source]
Alvaro fights during World War II against the Nazis and soon becomes a partisan leader. The other resistance fighters eventually dismiss him because they find his behaviour inacceptable. After the war he doesn't return to a normal life but turns into a foolhardy gangster.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Gérard Blain: Alvaro Cosenza
- Anna Maria Ferrero: Nina
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: Leandro
- Bernard Blier: Maresciallo
- Nino Castelnuovo: Cencio
- Enzo Cerusico: Scheggia
- Ivo Garrani: Moretti
- Lars Bloch: German torturer
- Alex Nicol: U.S. official
- Franco Balducci: Pellaccia
- Guido Celano
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gianni Rondolino (1996). Storia del cinema: Dizionario dei film. UTET, 1996. ISBN 8802049440.
- ↑ Pasquale Iaccio (2004). La Storia sullo schermo: il Novecento. Pellegrini Editore, 2004. ISBN 8881011905.
- ↑ Aldo Musci, Marco Minicangeli (2000). Malaroma. Castelvecchi, 2000. ISBN 8882102114.