The City Stands Trial

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The City Stands Trial
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Directed by Luigi Zampa
Written by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Diego Fabbri
Ettore Giannini
Francesco Rosi
Turi Vasile
Produced byPaolo Moffa
Starring Amedeo Nazzari
Silvana Pampanini
Paolo Stoppa
Cinematography Enzo Serafin
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma
Music by Enzo Masetti
Production
company
Film Costellazione
Distributed byFilm Costellazione
Release date
  • 5 September 1952 (1952-09-05)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The City Stands Trial (Italian : Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian crime drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa. It is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in the early 1900s. It is considered to be Zampa's most accomplished film. [1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. [2]

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Synopsis

In Naples at the beginning of the twentieth century a double murder of husband and wife appears to be the work of the Camorra. A crusading young judge takes on the case but faces a number of threats and obstacles, and his investigation turns much of the population against him.

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References

  1. ↑ Moliterno, The A to Z of Italian Cinema, p. 342
  2. ↑ "1st Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.

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