Fugitive in Trieste

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Fugitive in Trieste
Clandestino Trieste locandina.jpg
Directed by Guido Salvini
Written by
Starring
CinematographyVincenzo Seratrice
Edited by Mario Serandrei
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Production
company
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release dates
  • 1951 (1951)(Italy)
  • 28 January 1954 (1954-01-28)(United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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]

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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

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]

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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.