The long night of 43
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The long night of 43 |
| Original title | La lunga notte del '43 |
| Country of production | Italy , France |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 105 (German version 100) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Florestano Vancini |
| script |
Ennio De Concini Pier Paolo Pasolini Florestano Vancini |
| production |
Tonino Cervi Alessandro Jacovoni |
| music | Carlo Rustichelli |
| camera | Carlo Di Palma |
| cut | Nino Baragli |
| occupation | |
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The long night of 43 (original title: La lunga notte del '43 ) is a film by Florestano Vancini from 1960 based on the story of the same name by Giorgio Bassani . An alternative title is The Night of Ferrara .
action
The pharmacist Pino Barilari, who has been unable to walk since suffering from a venereal disease, sits day and night at his window across from Castello Estense and observes life in Ferrara from there. His wife Anna, a passionate movie-goer, has withdrawn from him and one evening meets her former childhood sweetheart Mario Villani in the cinema. Mario has deserted the army and is hiding in his anti-fascist father's house. While the love between Anna and Mario is revived, the power-hungry fascist Carlo Aretusi has the commander of the fascist militia murdered because he is too indulgent to the liberal citizens. This murder is blamed on the anti-fascists and the new commander Aretusi has opponents of the regime arrested in a night-and-fog operation and immediately shot without charge at the castle wall under the window of Pino Barlari. Mario's father is among those murdered. Anna, returning from her first night with Mario, sees the dead and tries to convince her husband that he has to name the killers. But Pino is silent. Anna goes back to Mario to inform him about the observation of her husband, but he no longer wants to hear from her, rejects her and plans to escape to Switzerland. Totally desperate, Anna comes back to the pharmacy and sees Aretusi winking at Pino from the street. He has previously put him under pressure so that he will continue to be silent. Anna walks silently and desperately out of the picture. Years later, Mario Villani comes with his wife and son on a trip to Rome through Ferrara. He shows his family where his father was murdered. The new pharmacist doesn't know Anna and Pino died a few years ago. Then in a café he is greeted effusively by his father's murderer, the former commandant Carlo Aretusi, called Dracula. Mario shakes his hand.
reception
The night of Ferrara is an atmospherically very dense film that captures the violent mood of the torn Italian society towards the end of the Second World War in impressive black and white images, writes the Lexicon of International Films . It shows people who do not oppose the increasingly murderous methods of the fascists, but persist in their resignation. Right in the middle Anna, who no longer loves her husband, but still respects and whose love for Mario is betrayed by him when he tries to get himself to safety. And Pino, who has nothing to lose, but is silent about the observed crime and thus also loses the respect of his wife. The winter fog, which robs the pictures of any depth, underlines the feeling of lost and disorientation.
Awards
- Venice International Film Festival 1960 Best debut film
- Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani 1961 Best Supporting Actor - Enrico Maria Salerno
Web links
- The long night of 43 on the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The long night of 43rd In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Federica Graziadei on spigolature.net (Italian)
- ↑ Corriere della Sera cinema-tv.corriere.it (Italian)