At the Edge of the City

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At the Edge of the City
Ai margini della metropoli poster.jpg
Directed by
Written by Angelo D'Alessandro
Produced byFernando Croce
Starring
Cinematography Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by
Music by Franco Mannino
Distributed byElios Film
Release date
  • 5 March 1953 (1953-03-05)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

At the Edge of the City (Italian : Ai margini della metropoli) is a 1953 Italian crime film drama directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film stars Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. [1] In Rome a young man is falsely accused of killing his girlfriend. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in the city. The film used neorealist style and was based on a real-life case.

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Plot

Mario Ilari, a young unemployed worker, is unjustly accused of killing a girl he knows of him. Once arrested, he manages to escape and hide in the house of his partner Gina, but ends up in prison again. The lawyer Roberto Marini agrees to take his defense after being contacted by Luisa, a friend of Gina, convinced that the trial will give him the opportunity to assert himself. The situation, however, is complicated by the fact that Calì, a homeless man, says he saw Ilari at the scene of the crime. Ilari confesses that he met Greta through a female friend, who should have facilitated his expatriation. When the lawyer Marini accuses Calì of perjury, he kills himself. The situation is resolved when the body of Greta is found, killed by the real culprit after being kidnapped. Ilari is freed and Marini and Luisa confess their mutual love. [2]

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References

  1. Moliterno p.174
  2. Chiti, Roberto (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Vol. 2, I film dal 1945 al 1959. Roberto Poppi, Giovanni Grazzini, Enrico Lancia. Roma: Gremese. ISBN   88-7605-548-7. OCLC   489800757.

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