The Four Days of Naples (film)

The Four Days of Naples
Italian film poster
Directed by Nanni Loy
Produced by Goffredo Lombardo
Written by Carlo Bernari
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Massimo Franciosa
Nanni Loy
Vasco Pratolini
Starring Regina Bianchi
Aldo Giuffrè
Music by Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematography Marcello Gatti
Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni
Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer in United States/Titanus in Italy
Release date
  • 16 November 1962 (1962-11-16)
Running time
 124 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian
Budget $800,000[1]
Box office $2 million (Italy)[1]

The Four Days of Naples (Italian: Le quattro giornate di Napoli) is a 1962 Italian film, directed by Nanni Loy and set during the uprising which gives its name. It stars Regina Bianchi, Aldo Giuffrè, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel, Franco Sportelli, Charles Belmont, Gian Maria Volontè and Frank Wolff.

The film won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Writing Original Screenplay,[2] and a BAFTA Award for Best Film. At the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963, the film was awarded with the FIPRESCI Prize.[3]

Plot

Following the truce between Italy and the Allies in World War II, German forces occupy Naples and begin to shoot resisters, demolish port facilties and round up young men to be transported to Germany as forced labour. The Napoli population, aware that Allied forces are close and determined to disrupt the deportations, revolt against the Germans, despite limited arms and organization. After four days, Germans forces retreat from the city just before Allied troops arrive, advancing from the Salerno beach head.

Cast

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Four Days' Budget 'High' at $800,000: Italian Director Loy Here; UCLA Adapts 'Spoon River' Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Mar 1963: C13.
  2. ↑ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ↑ "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
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