Sunday in August

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Sunday in August
Sunday in August.jpg
Directed by Luciano Emmer
Written by Sergio Amidei
Franco Brusati
Luciano Emmer
Giulio Macchi
Cesare Zavattini
Produced by Sergio Amidei
Starring Vera Carmi
Marcello Mastroianni
Emilio Cigoli
Massimo Serato
Cinematography Leonida Barboni
Edited by Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by Roman Vlad
Production
company
Colonna Film
Distributed byFincine
Release date
  • 7 March 1950 (1950-03-07)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Sunday in August (Italian: Domenica d'agosto) is a 1950 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luciano Emmer and starring Vera Carmi, Marcello Mastroianni, Emilio Cigoli and Massimo Serato. It earned just under 150 million lire at the domestic box office. [1] The film was nominated for a BAFTA. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's Hundred Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". [2]

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References

  1. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 p.121
  2. "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

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