Long Night in 1943
| La lunga notte del '43 | |
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| Directed by | Florestano Vancini |
| Produced by |
Tonino Cervi Alessandro Jacovoni |
| Written by | Florestano Vancini Ennio De Concini Pier Paolo Pasolini Giorgio Bassani (novel) |
| Starring |
Raffaella Pelloni Belinda Lee Gabriele Ferzetti Enrico Maria Salerno Andrea Checchi |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Cinematography | Carlo Di Palma |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
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Release date
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1960 |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Long Night in 1943, The Long Night of '43 or It Happened in '43 (original Italian title - La lunga notte del '43) is an Italian film of 1960 set during the Allied invasion of Italy and Italian Social Republic in 1943 during the Second World War. It was directed by Florestano Vancini and adapted by Vancini, Ennio De Concini and Pier Paolo Pasolini from a novel by Giorgio Bassani.
In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
The young wife of a wheelchair user starts an affair with an Italian Army deserter, just as a fanatical local Fascist of Italian Social Republic leader massacres his opponents to seize power. Among those opponents is the deserter's father.
At the 1960 Venice Film Festival, the film won Vancini the award for Best First Work and a nomination for the Golden Lion (losing out to Le Passage du Rhin).
Enrico Maria Salerno won a Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor at the 1961 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists awards.
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