Fugitive in Trieste

Fugitive in Trieste
Film poster
Directed by	Guido Salvini
Written by	Camillo Del Signore Diego Fabbri Turi Vasile
Starring	Doris Duranti Jacques Sernas Edda Albertini Massimo Girotti
Cinematography	Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Fiorenzo Carpi
Production company	Astor Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release dates	1951 (1951)(Italy) 28 January 1954 (1954-01-28)(United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Fugitive in Trieste (Italian : Clandestino a Trieste) is a 1951 Italian war-drama film directed by Guido Salvini and starring Doris Duranti, Jacques Sernas and Massimo Girotti. ^[1]

Plot

Giulio (Jacques Sernas), an Italian Air Force officer is arrested by Allied forces who believe he has deliberately bombed a hospital ship during World War II. Through the efforts of Lida (Doris Duranti), his sweetheart, a witness is found who proves the bombing was not intentional but the result of being hit by enemy fire.

Cast

• Doris Duranti as Lida
• Jacques Sernas as Giulio
• Massimo Girotti as Fred Nolan, Il falso giornalista
• Edda Albertini as Marcella
• Giovanni Grasso as Ispettore di Polizia
• Cesare Polacco as Autista di taxi
• Carlo D'Angelo
• Charles Fawcett
• Vittorio Sanipoli
• Alberto Bonucci
• Giancarlo Sbragia
• Gianni Bonagura

Production

Fugitive in Trieste was one of a number of films of the era, including the British production Sleeping Car to Trieste (1946) and American Diplomatic Courier (1952) that used Trieste as a backdrop. These films often highlighted its cosmopolitan nature and as a borderline between different powers due to the Trieste question. ^[2]

References

Notes

1. Pizzi 2001, p. 61.
2. "he Current Situation in the Free Territory of Trieste." CIA, 1948. Retrieved: 22 June 2017.

Bibliography

• Pizzi, Katia (2001). A City in Search of an Author: The Literary Identity of Trieste. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN   978-1-84127-284-9.

External links

• Fugitive in Trieste at IMDb