The Bandit

Oct 5, 1946

1h 18m

★ 6.7

A searing drama of moral and social chaos!

Overview

Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Lux Film

R.D.L.

The Bandit Trailers

Cast

Lidia

Anna Magnani

Ernesto

Amedeo Nazzari

Maria

Carla Del Poggio

Carlo

Carlo Campanini

Rosetta

Eliana Banducci

Mirko

Mino Doro

Andrea

Folco Lulli

The hunchback

Mario Perrone

The tenant

Amato Garbini

Signorina

Gianni Appelius

The black man

Ruggero Madrigali

Tecla, the mistress

Thea Aimaretti

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