A Woman Has Killed

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A Woman Has Killed
Una donna ha ucciso.jpg
Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
Written by Siro Angeli
Giorgio Capitani
Vittorio Cottafavi
Starring Frank Latimore
Lianella Carell
Cinematography Bitto Albertini
Edited by Renzo Lucidi
Music by Renzo Rossellini
Production
company
Nuovissima Film
Distributed byCinecid (Indipendenti Regionali)
Release date
  • 4 January 1952 (1952-01-04)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

A Woman Has Killed (Italian: Una donna ha ucciso) is a 1952 Italian melodrama crime film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. While on a train journey a young woman tells another passenger how she murdered her husband, a British army officer. [1] It is a neorealist film, based on the real story of Lidia Cirillo, who appears in the film.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.

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