The Condemned of Altona | |
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Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
Written by |
Jean-Paul Sartre Abby Mann Cesare Zavattini |
Starring | Sophia Loren |
Music by |
Nino Rota Franco Ferrara |
Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi |
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114 minutes |
Country | Italy France |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.1 million (US/ Canada) |
The Condemned of Altona (Italian: I sequestrati di Altona) is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. For this film Vittorio De Sica won the David di Donatello for Best Director.
Although the credits indicate music by Nino Rota, the music used in the film is from the third movement, "Eternal Memory," of the Symphony No. 11 ("Year 1905") by Dmitri Shostakovich.