Tragic Hunt

Tragic Hunt (Italian: Caccia tragica) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi and Carla Del Poggio. It was part of the wave of postwar neorealist films.

Tragic Hunt
Directed byGiuseppe De Santis
Produced byGiorgio Agliani
Marcello Caccialupi
Written byGiuseppe De Santis
Corrado Alvaro
Michelangelo Antonioni
Umberto Barbaro
Carlo Lizzani
Gianni Puccini
Cesare Zavattini
StarringVivi Gioi
Massimo Girotti
Carla Del Poggio
Andrea Checchi
Music byGiuseppe Rosati
CinematographyOtello Martelli
Edited byMario Serandrei
Production
company
Dante Film
ANPI
Distributed byLibertas Film
Release date
4 November 1947
Running time
90 Minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Future filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Lizzani co-wrote the script. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi.

Plot

After the Second World War, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, a cooperative has been founded by peasants. War has destroyed the country. A group of bandits, with former Nazi-collaborator Daniela, known as 'Lili Marlene' (Vivi Gioi), holds up the truck where the money of the cooperative is travelling. All the peasants search for the thieves in a tragic hunt.

Cast

Awards

It won two Nastro d'Argento as Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Vivi Gioi).


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