An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
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| Farley Granger | ... |
Il tenente Franz Mahler
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| Alida Valli | ... |
La contessa Livia Serpieri
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| Massimo Girotti | ... |
Il marchese Roberto Ussoni
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Heinz Moog | ... |
Il conte Serpieri
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| Rina Morelli | ... |
Laura, la governante
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| Christian Marquand | ... |
Un ufficiale boemo
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| Sergio Fantoni | ... |
Luca
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Tino Bianchi | ... |
Il capitano Meucci
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| Ernst Nadherny | ... |
Il comandante della piazza di Verona
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| Tonio Selwart | ... |
Il colonello Kleist
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Marcella Mariani | ... |
Clara, la prostituta
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Franco Arcalli | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Aldo Bajocchi | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Ottone Candiani | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Nando Cicero | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Claudio Coppetti | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Cristoforo De Hartungen | ... |
Il generale Hauptmann (uncredited)
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Tony Di Mitri | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Eugenio Incisivo | ... |
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Marianne Leibl | ... |
La moglie del generale Hauptmann (uncredited)
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Ugo Mari | ... |
Officer in Verona's Austrian Headquartes (uncredited)
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| Jean-Pierre Mocky | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Spartaco Nale | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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| Ivy Nicholson | ... |
Una patriota (uncredited)
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| Mimmo Palmara | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Winni Riva | ... |
La cameriera (uncredited)
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Carlo Sabatini | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Goliarda Sapienza | ... |
Una patriota al teatro (uncredited)
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| Renato Terra | ... |
Un soldato (uncredited)
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Gustl Untersulzner | ... |
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Mario Valente | ... |
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Directed by
| Luchino Visconti | ||
Written by
| Luchino Visconti | ... | (story) and |
| Suso Cecchi D'Amico | ... | (story) |
| Camillo Boito | ... | (novella) |
| Suso Cecchi D'Amico | ... | (screenplay) and |
| Luchino Visconti | ... | (screenplay) |
| Carlo Alianello | ... | (collaboration) and |
| Giorgio Bassani | ... | (collaboration) and |
| Giorgio Prosperi | ... | (collaboration) |
| Tennessee Williams | ... | (dialogue collaborator) and |
| Paul Bowles | ... | (dialogue collaborator) |
Produced by
| Domenico Forges Davanzati | ... | producer |
| Renato Gualino | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Riccardo Gualino | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| G.R. Aldo | ... | (photography by) |
| Robert Krasker | ... | (photography by) |
Editing by
| Mario Serandrei | ||
Editorial Department
| Neil Binney | ... | color technician: Technicolor |
| John Craig | ... | color technician: Technicolor |
Production Design by
| Ottavio Scotti | ||
Set Decoration by
| Gino Brosio | ||
Costume Design by
| Marcel Escoffier | ||
| Piero Tosi | ||
Makeup Department
| Alberto De Rossi | ... | makeup artist (as Alberto De' Rossi) |
Production Management
| Claudio Forges Davanzati | ... | production manager |
| Marcello Giannini | ... | production supervisor |
| Gabriele Silvestri | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Francesco Rosi | ... | assistant director |
| Aldo Trionfo | ... | associate director |
| Giancarlo Zagni | ... | associate director |
| Franco Zeffirelli | ... | assistant director |
| Jean-Pierre Mocky | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Aldo Calpini | ... | sound |
| Vittorio Trentino | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Nino Cristiani | ... | assistant camera (as Michele Crisitiani) |
| Giuseppe Rotunno | ... | camera operator |
| Francesco Izzarelli | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Nino Rota | ... | music adaptation (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Mary Alcaide | ... | direction secretary |
| Gina Guglielmotti | ... | production assistant |
| Roberto Palaggi | ... | production secretary |
| Bruno Persa | ... | italian voice dubbing: Heinz Moog (uncredited) |
| Jean Renoir | ... | supervisor: French dubbed version (uncredited) |
| Enrico Maria Salerno | ... | italian voice dubbing: Farley Granger (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Lux Film (1954) (Italy) (theatrical) (as un film lux)
- Rey Soria (1955) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Standaard Films (1955) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Les Acacias (1956) (France) (theatrical)
- Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1956) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Rey Soria (1967) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Fleetwood Films Incorporated (1968) (United States) (theatrical)
- Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD) (box set)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Dolmen Home Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (restored)
- Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- StudioCanal (2009) (France) (DVD) (remastered)
- The Criterion Collection (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- AmaFilms (2014) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Die Lupe (1993) (Germany) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Europa (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Italifilm (1955) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Mundial Filmes (1955) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Mundial Filmes (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Arthaus (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Arthaus (2014) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Films sans Frontières (2015) (World-wide)
- Kinokuniya shoten (2017) (Japan) (Blu-ray) (with "Le notti bianche")
- NHK Kyôiku (1985) (Japan) (tv)
- NHK-BS2 (1989) (Japan) (tv)
- Rai Movie (2016) (Italy) (tv)
- The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Videocast (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Costumi d'Arte (costumes)
- Ditta Maggi (wigs)
- Olga Asta & C. di Venezia (underwear)
- Orchestra Della Radio Televisione Italiana (music)
- S.A.F.A.S. (costumes)
- Scalera di Venezia (extras casting)
- Suono Lux Film (post-production sound services)
- Titanus (extras casting)
- Werther e Mofri (costumes)
- Western Electric (post-production)
Storyline
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Venice, 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation, a performance of Il Trovatore ends up in confusion due to an anti-Austrian demonstration, organised by Count Ussoni. His cousin Countess Serpieri falls in love with Austrian lieutenant Franz Mahler
Written by Vincent Merlaud |
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Box Office
| Budget | ITL700,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film opens in La Fenice, the Venice opera house. La Fenice was destroyed by arson in 1996, but reopened in 2003. Enlarged frames of this movie were used as a reference in reconstructing it. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into La monnaie de l'absolu (1999). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Sinfonia N. 7 in mi maggiore (7th Symphony) See more » |
| Quotes |
Il tenente Franz Mahler:
It's too late! It's over! I'm not your romantic hero! See more » |