Fugitive in Trieste

Fugitive in Trieste
Directed by Guido Salvini
Written by
Starring
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Cinematography Vincenzo Seratrice
Production
company
Distributed by Astor Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • April 1951
  • 28 January 1954 (1954-01-28)
(United States)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Fugitive in Trieste (Italian: Clandestino a Trieste) is a 1951 Italian war-drama film directed by Guido Salvini and starring Doris Duranti, Jacques Sernas and Massimo Girotti.[1]

Plot

Giulio (Jacques Sernas), an Italian Air Force officer is arrested by Allied forces who believe he has deliberately bombed a hospital ship during World War II. Through the efforts of Lida (Doris Duranti), his sweetheart, a witness is found who proves the bombing was not intentional but the result of being hit by enemy fire.

Cast

Production

Fugitive in Trieste was one of a number of films of the era, including the British productionSleeping Car to Trieste (1946) and American Diplomatic Courier (1952) that used Trieste as a backdrop. These films often highlighted its cosmopolitan nature and as a borderline between different powers due to the Trieste question.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Pizzi 2001, p. 61.
  2. ↑ "he Current Situation in the Free Territory of Trieste." CIA, 1948. Retrieved: 22 June 2017.

Bibliography

  • Pizzi, Katia. A City in Search of an Author: The Literary Identity of Trieste. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. ISBN 978-1-8412-7284-9.


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