Tragic Return

Tragic Return
Directed byPier Luigi Faraldo
Written byLeo Bomba
Giuseppe Mangione
Sergio Pugliese
Ermanno Randi
Produced byEugenio Fontana
Giacinto Solito
StarringDoris Duranti
Marcello Mastroianni
Franca Marzi
CinematographyAlvaro Mancori
Edited byGiacinto Solito
Music byCostantino Ferri
Production
company
Produzione Fontana
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 13 June 1952 (1952-06-13)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Tragic Return (Italian: Tragico ritorno) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and starring Doris Duranti, Marcello Mastroianni and Franca Marzi.[1] It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Ansoldi. It earned 92 million lire at the Italian box office.[2]

Synopsis

Marco, after some years in a prisoner of war camp, returns to his home in Livorno to find his wife Giovanna married to another man and their son doesn't know who he is. Suicidal he is encouraged by Elisa a young woman who manages a beachfront business with her father. Marco plans on emigrating to Argentina but to raise the money he becomes involved in robberies.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "The Complete Index To World Film: Tragic Return". CITWF.com. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  2. ^ Chiti, Poppi & Lancia p.373

Bibliography

  • Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.


Stub icon

This article related to an Italian film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.