One was too many
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | One was too many |
| Original title | Atto di accusa |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Giacomo Gentilomo |
| script |
Franco Brusati Gaspare Cataldo Ezio D'Errico Giacomo Gentilomo |
| production |
Luigi Carpentieri Ermanno Donati |
| music | Carlo Rustichelli |
| camera | Alvaro Mancori |
| cut | Otello Colangeli |
| occupation | |
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One was too many (original title: Atto di accusa , alternative title: indictment ) is an Italian film by Giacomo Gentilomo from 1950.
action
Renato returns to Rome after many years of being a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union and finds that his former lover Irene is now married to his former law professor, the star lawyer Massimo Ruska. Renato and Irene secretly meet in the apartment at a dressmaker's house and discover that they are still in love. The jealous lawyer Ruska has followed his wife and accidentally kills the seamstress in a scuffle when he tries to penetrate past her into the room where the lovers briefly met. Ruska sneaks out of the house secretly. Renato also leaves the house, but is seen by a neighbor. While the police are looking for a young man to be the killer, Ruska tries to convince his wife Irene that Renato is the killer. However, this does not want to admit it. She secretly meets with Renato again and again. When Irene wants to separate from her husband, he forges a devious plan. He blackmailed Renato and wanted to lure him into a trap. For this reason, he murders the neighbor Renato saw in the stairwell under a bridge. He wants to blame Renato for this murder. Renato is desperate and faces the police. He chooses Ruska as his lawyer. In the course of the investigation, the commissioner doubts Renato's guilt. In a long conversation with his defense attorney, Renato implies that he knows that he, Ruska, is the murderer. During his research, the inspector also discovers traces that point to Ruska as the culprit. Ruska feels cornered and also wants to murder his wife Irene, but then kills himself when the superintendent tries to arrest him. Renato is released from prison and is picked up by Irene by car. You fall into each other's arms.
background
Marcello Mastroianni plays one of his first leading roles in this film.
The premiere of the one was too much took place in Italy on November 4. The film was shown in German cinemas from June 13, 1952.
criticism
- "Colportage-like crime film by Luis Trenker's former assistant director ('Condottieri'). (TV title: 'Indictment') “ Lexicon of international film
- "An exciting crime film in the best Hitchcock manner, shows Marcello Mastroianni as the innocently persecuted." ARD
Web links
- One was too much in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Atto di accusa on mymovies.it
Individual evidence
- ↑ One was too many. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Program information ARD