The Testimony (1946 film)

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The Testimony
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Directed by Pietro Germi
Written by Diego Fabbri
Cesare Zavattini
Enrico Ribulsi
Ottavio Alessi
Pietro Germi
Starring Roldano Lupi
Marina Berti
Ernesto Almirante
Sandro Ruffini
Cinematography Aldo Tonti
Edited by Gisa Radicchi Levi
Music by Enzo Masetti
Production
company
Orbis Film
Distributed byCEIAD
Release date
  • 15 February 1946 (1946-02-15)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Testimony (Italian: Il testimone) is 1946 Italian crime film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti and Ernesto Almirante. It is one of several films regarded as an antecedent of the later giallo thrillers. [1] The film was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo.

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  1. Moliterno p.150

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