The Condemned of Altona (film)

The Condemned of Altona
Film poster
Directed by	Vittorio De Sica
Produced by	Carlo Ponti
Written by	Jean-Paul Sartre Abby Mann Cesare Zavattini
Starring	Sophia Loren
Music by	Nino Rota Franco Ferrara
Cinematography	Roberto Gerardi
Release dates	30 October 1962
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Italy France
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million (US/ Canada)[1][2]

The Condemned of Altona (Italian: I sequestrati di Altona) is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.^[3] For this film Vittorio De Sica won the David di Donatello for Best Director.^[4]

Cast

• Sophia Loren - Johanna
• Maximilian Schell - Franz
• Fredric March - Albrecht von Gerlach
• Robert Wagner - Werner von Gerlach
• Françoise Prévost - Leni von Gerlach
• Alfredo Franchi - Groundskeeper
• Lucia Pelella - Groundskeeper's wife
• Roberto Massa - Chauffeur
• Antonia Cianci - Maid
• Carlo Antonini - Police Official
• Armando Sifo - Policeman
• Osvaldo Peccioli - Cook
• Ekkehard Schall

Music

Although the credits indicate music by Nino Rota, the music used in the film is from the third movement, "Eternal Memory," of the Symphony No. 11 ("Year 1905") by Dmitri Shostakovich.

References

1. "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
2. Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p229
3. "The Condemned of Altona". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
4. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

External links

• The Condemned of Altona at the Internet Movie Database