Tragic Return

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Tragic Return
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Directed byPier Luigi Faraldo
Written by Leo Bomba
Giuseppe Mangione
Sergio Pugliese
Ermanno Randi
Produced by Eugenio Fontana
Giacinto Solito
Starring Doris Duranti
Marcello Mastroianni
Franca Marzi
Cinematography Alvaro Mancori
Edited by Giacinto Solito
Music by Costantino Ferri
Production
company
Produzione Fontana
Distributed by Titanus
Release date
  • 13 June 1952 (1952-06-13)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Tragic Return (Italian: Tragico ritorno) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and starring Doris Duranti, Marcello Mastroianni and Franca Marzi. [1] It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Ansoldi. It earned 92 million lire at the Italian box office. [2]

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Synopsis

Marco, after some years in a prisoner of war camp, returns to his home in Livorno to find his wife Giovanna married to another man and their son doesn't know who he is. Suicidal he is encouraged by Elisa a young woman who manages a beachfront business with her father. Marco plans on emigrating to Argentina but to raise the money he becomes involved in robberies.

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References

  1. "The Complete Index To World Film: Tragic Return". CITWF.com. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  2. Chiti, Poppi & Lancia p.373

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