Long Night in '43

Sep 15, 1960

1h 45m

★ 6.9

Overview

1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's father – Pino sees it all from his window, but will he tell anyone?

Genres

War

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Ajace Produzioni Cinematografiche

Euro International Films

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Cast

Anna

Belinda Lee

Pino Barilari

Enrico Maria Salerno

Franco Villani

Gabriele Ferzetti

Pharmacist

Andrea Checchi

Attilio Villani

Nerio Bernardi

Mrs. Villani

Isa Querio

Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi

Gino Cervi

Ines Villani

Raffaella Carrà

Vincenzi

Loris Bazzocchi

Mario Bolognesi

Carlo Di Maggio

Blanche Villani

Alice Clements

Undocumented man

Silla Bettini

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