The Hunchback of Rome

The Hunchback of Rome

Directed by	Carlo Lizzani
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Written by	Tommaso Chiaretti Carlo Lizzani Luciano Vincenzoni Ugo Pirro
Starring	Gérard Blain
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni Aldo Tonti Giuseppe Aquari
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Release dates	1960
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Il gobbo (internationally released as The Hunchback of Rome) is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.^[1] It is loosely based on the real life events of Giuseppe Albano, an Italian partisan that was one of the protagonists, from 1943 to 1945, of the Roman Resistance against German occupation.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Alvaro fights during World War II against the Nazis and soon becomes a partisan leader. The other resistance fighters eventually dismiss him because they find his behaviour inacceptable. After the war he doesn't return to a normal life but turns into a foolhardy gangster.

Cast

Gérard Blain: Alvaro Cosenza
Anna Maria Ferrero: Nina
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Leandro
Bernard Blier: Maresciallo
Nino Castelnuovo: Cencio
Enzo Cerusico: Scheggia
Ivo Garrani: Moretti
Lars Bloch: German torturer
Alex Nicol: U.S. official
Franco Balducci: Pellaccia
Guido Celano

References

↑ Gianni Rondolino. Storia del cinema: Dizionario dei film. UTET, 1996. ISBN 8802049440.
↑ Pasquale Iaccio. La Storia sullo schermo: il Novecento. Pellegrini Editore, 2004. ISBN 8881011905.
↑ Aldo Musci, Marco Minicangeli. Malaroma. Castelvecchi, 2000. ISBN 8882102114.

External links

The Hunchback of Rome at the Internet Movie Database

Carlo Lizzani

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