The Flame That Will Not Die
The Flame That Will Not Die (Italian: Fiamma che non si spegne) is a 1949 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Gino Cervi, María Denis and Leonardo Cortese.[1] It is based on the story of Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer who died to save others being executed by the Germans during the Second World War.
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| Directed by | Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Produced by | Franco Navarra Vigiani |
| Written by | Siro Angeli Oreste Biancoli Giorgio Capitani Giuliano Conte Vittorio Cottafavi Mario Pagani Fulvio Palmieri Alberto Pozzetti Franco Navarra Vigiani (novel) |
| Starring | Gino Cervi María Denis Leonardo Cortese |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
| Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
| Edited by | Renzo Lucidi |
Production company | Orsa Film |
| Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date | 21 September 1949 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
It was made at Cinecittà Studios. The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti.
Cast
- Gino Cervi as Luigi Manfredi
- María Denis as Maria
- Leonardo Cortese as Giuseppe Manfredi
- Luigi Tosi as Giovanni
- Carlo Campanini as Il zio di Maria
- Danielle Benson as Caterina
- Diana Benucci
- Siro Angeli
- Lorena Berg
- Nando Bruno
- Tino Buazzelli
- Vittorio Cottafavi
- Maurizio Di Nardo
- Giovanni Lovatelli
- Fulvia Mammi as Norina
- Carlo Mariotti
- Arnaldo Mochetti
- Diego Muni
- Dina Romano
- Gian Paolo Rosmino
- Gustavo Serena
- Barbara Vassarotti
- Gaio Visconti
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References
- Bonsaver & Gordon p.104
Bibliography
- Guido Bonsaver & Robert Gordon. Culture, Censorship and the State in Twentieth-century Italy. European Humanities Research Centre, 2005.
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