The City Stands Trial
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The City Stands Trial is a 1952
Italian
drama film
directed by Luigi Zampa
and starring Amedeo Nazzari
. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival
.
1952 in film
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :Son of a worker, Zampa studied film making from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome....
and starring Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari was an Italian actor.Star of Italian cinema during the 40's and 50's. He made several melodramas with Raffaello Matarazzo, such as Catene in 1949...
. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival
3rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 3rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 18 to June 28, 1953.-Films in competition:* Sie fanden eine Heimat by Leopold Lindtberg* Entotsu no mieru basho by Heinosuke Gosho...
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Cast
- Amedeo NazzariAmedeo NazzariAmedeo Nazzari was an Italian actor.Star of Italian cinema during the 40's and 50's. He made several melodramas with Raffaello Matarazzo, such as Catene in 1949...
- Judge Spicacci - Silvana PampaniniSilvana PampaniniSilvana Pampanini is an Italian actress. She was Miss Italy in 1946 and the following year she started her movie career....
- Liliana Ferrari - Paolo StoppaPaolo StoppaPaolo Stoppa was an Italian actor and dubber.Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932...
- Perrone - Dante MaggioDante MaggioDante Maggio was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975.-Selected filmography:* Un giorno nella vita * Canzone di primavera * Bellezze in bicicletta...
- Armando Capezzuto - Franco InterlenghiFranco InterlenghiFranco Interlenghi is an Italian actor.He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film Sciuscià....
- Luigi Esposito - Irène Galter - Nunziata
- Gualtiero Tumiati - Consigliere Capo
- Tina PicaTina PicaTina Pica was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, Her debut on films was with Il cappello a tre punte when she was 50 years old...
- Restaurant's cook - Turi PandolfiniTuri PandolfiniTuri Pandolfini was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1917 and 1961.He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy.-Selected filmography:* The City Stands Trial...
- Don Filippetti - Franca Tamantini
- Bella Starace Sainati
- Agostino Salvietti
- Mimi Ferrari - Cantante
- Viviane Vallé - Adelina Leonardi
- Vittorio André - Spinelli
- Tina Castigliano - Tenutaria