Tragic Night
| Tragic Night | |
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| Directed by | Mario Soldati |
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| Based on | La trappolabyDelfino Cinelli |
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| Edited by | Marcella Benvenuti |
| Music by | Giuseppe Rosati |
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| Distributed by | Scalera Film |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Tragic Night(Italian:Tragica notte) is a 1942 Italiandrama filmdirected byMario Soldatiand starringDoris Duranti,Carlo NinchiandAndrea Checchi.[1]It is based on a 1928 novelLa trappolaby Delfino Cinelli. After being released fromprison,apoacherseeks revenge on thegamekeeperwho put him there. It was made at theScalera StudiosinRome.It belongs to the movies of thecalligrafismostyle.
Synopsis
[edit]One day in the countryside thegamekeeperStefano is ambushed and beaten by a group ofvigilantesled by Nanni, who take revenge on him for enforcing thepoachinglaws on the youngCount's land and sending him to prison inFlorence.Stefano turns up soon afterwards at the shop owned by Nanni and although he is aware who attacked him he pretends it had been accident. However he nurses a secret grudge.
Two years later, much time has passed and Stefano pretends to be friendly towards Nanni. He notices that he is particularly sensitive about his wife, Armida, a woman fromFlorencewho he had married just before he had been sent to prison. His chance comes when the count returns to his estate after two years inAmerica.Stefano hints to Nanni about a secret relationship between the Count and his wife, based on a brief attempt by the count to flirt with Armida two years earlier, before he realised she was married.
Despite the fact that they had been childhood friends, Stefano manages to persuade Nanni that the Count is betraying him. Stoking his jealousy, he lures him out one night to a hunt forbadgers,promising that the count has invited him. Instead Sefano tries to ambush him in revenge for his humiliation two years before, but Nanni is too quick and shoots him dead. The Count, at last realising what is happening, arrives on the scene. Nanni aims his gun at him, but the Count reminds him of their childhood bond. It is clear to Nanni that he had no ulterior motives towards his wife and he lowers his gun. When the other villagers arrives, the Count takes the blame for the shooting, claiming it was an accident on his part.
Main cast
[edit]- Doris Durantias Armida
- Carlo Ninchias Stefano
- Andrea Checchias Nanni
- Juan de Landaas Faille
- Amelia Chellinias Zelinda, la madre di Armida
- Adriano Rimoldias Il conte Paolo Martorelli
- Giulio Battiferrias Gino
References
[edit]- ^Brunetta p.99
Bibliography
[edit]- Brunetta, Gian Piero.The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century.Princeton University Press, 2009.
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