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 Volonté and Frank Wolff.
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| Directed by | Nanni Loy |
| Produced by | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Written by | Carlo Bernari Pasquale Festa Campanile Massimo Franciosa Nanni Loy Vasco Pratolini |
| Starring | Regina Bianchi Aldo Giuffrè |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Cinematography | Marcello Gatti |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer in United States/Titanus in Italy |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Budget | $800,000[1] |
| Box office | $2 million (Italy)[1] |
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,[2] and a BAFTA Award for Best Film. At the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963, the film was awarded with the FIPRESCI Prize.[3]
Plot
Following the truce between Italy and the Allies in World War II, German forces occupy Naples and begin to shoot resisters, demolish port facilities and round up young men to be transported to Germany as forced labour. The Napoli population, aware that Allied forces are close and determined to disrupt the deportations, revolt against the Germans, despite limited arms and organization. After four days, Germans forces retreat from the city just before Allied troops arrive, 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 sailor livornese
- Franco Sportelli as Prof. Rosati
- Charles Belmont as Sailor
- Gian Maria Volonté 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
- Enzo Cannavale as partisan
- Domenico Formato as Gennaro Capuozzo
- Raffaele Barbato as Ajello
See also
- List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- Scheuer, Philip K. (Mar 11, 1963). "Four Days' Budget 'High' at $800,000: Italian Director Loy Here; UCLA Adapts 'Spoon River'". Los Angeles Times. p. C13.
- "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-01.