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It Happened in '43 is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Florestano Vancini with Raffaella Carrà
It Happened in '43 (1960)
La lunga notte del '43
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Add to a movie listLong 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.
Synopsis
The young wife of a wheelchair user starts an affair with an Italian Army deserter, just as a fanatical local Fascist leader massacres his opponents to seize power. Among those opponents is the deserter's father.Actors
Raffaella Carrà
(Ines Villani)
Belinda Lee
(Anna)
Gabriele Ferzetti
(Franco Villani)
Enrico Maria Salerno
(Pino Barilari)
Gino Cervi
(Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi)
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