1914 Italian film
Lost in the Dark |
---|
Directed by | Nino Martoglio |
---|
Written by | Roberto Bracco (play and screenplay) |
---|
Starring | |
---|
Edited by | Nino Martoglio |
---|
Music by | E. de Leva |
---|
Production company | Morgana Films |
---|
Release date | |
---|
Running time | 66 minutes |
---|
Country | Italy |
---|
Languages | Silent Italian intertitles |
---|
Lost in the Dark (Italian: Sperduti nel buio) is a 1914 Italian silent drama film directed by Nino Martoglio and starring Giovanni Grasso Sr., Maria Carmi and Virginia Balestrieri. Documenting life in the slums of Naples, it is considered a precursor to the Italian neorealism movement of the 1940s and 1950s.[1] The only known surviving copy of this film was destroyed by Nazi German forces during World War II.[2] The film is based on a 1901 play of the same title by Roberto Bracco.
Cast
References
- ^ Katz, Ephraim (2001), "Italy", The Film Encyclopedia, HarperResource, pp. 682–685, ISBN 978-0060742140
- ^ Reich & Garofalo p.83
Bibliography
- Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links