The Walk (1953 film)

The Walk
Directed by	Renato Rascel
Screenplay by	Turi Vasile Diego Fabbri Ugo Guerra Giorgio Prosperi Franco Rossi Cesare Zavattini Enzo Curreli Renato Rascel
Starring	Renato Rascel Valentina Cortese
Cinematography	Vaclav Vich
Music by	Giovanni Militello
Release date	1953 (1953)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Walk (Italian : La passeggiata) is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Renato Rascel and starring Rascel, Valentina Cortese and Paolo Stoppa. It is very loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story Nevsky Prospekt . ^[1] It grossed 148 million lire at the Italian box office. ^[2]

Plot

Renato Rascel crouching behind Valentina Cortese in a still from the film.

A timid schoolteacher attempts to fall in love with a prostitute. In the process he loses his position. He finds that she is hard to convince.

Cast

• Renato Rascel as Paolo Barbato
• Valentina Cortese as Lisa
• Paolo Stoppa as Headmaster of the College
• Peppino De Martino as Luigi Magri
• Francesco Mulé as Teacher
• Anna Maria Bottini as Lisa's Friend
• Lia Angeleri as Teacher
• Tino Bianchi as Teacher
• Ignazio Leone as Teacher
• Enzo Maggio
• Lina Marengo

References

1. Pietro Cavallo. Viva l’Italia. Storia, cinema ed identità nazionale (1932-1962). Liguori Edit., 2009. ISBN   9788820749149.
2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.

External links

• The Walk at IMDb