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The Sky is Red (1950)

1h 39m

Running Time

The Sky is Red (1950)

Name: The Sky is Red
Genre: Drama
Released: 1950-03-15

1h 39m

Running Time

Plot.

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone in the world he meets Tullio, a disbanded boy who lives in an abandoned area with some girls, Carla, an eighteen year old girl who works as a prostitute, Giulia, younger and sick of tuberculosis, and a girl, Maria.

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Cast & Crew.

Mischa Auer Jr.

Daniele

Jacques Sernas

Tullio

Marina Berti

Carla

Anna Maria Ferrero

Guilia

Vittoria Giuditta Rità

Maria

Liliana Tellini

Nora

Lauro Gazzolo

The shoemaker

Anna Zander

Margherita Bossi

Claudio Gora

Director / Screenplay

Leopoldo Trieste

Screenplay

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay

Lamberto Giuseppe Santilli

Screenplay

Giuseppe Berto

Novel

Arrigo Atti

Producer

Valentino Bucchi

Composer

Václav Vích

Cinematographer

Giancarlo Cappelli

Editor

Arrigo Equini

ProductionDesigner

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 15, 1950

Original Name
Il cielo è rosso

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 39m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2023-11-12

Wiki.

The Sky Is Red (Italian: Il cielo è rosso) is a 1950 Italian drama film. It is the directorial debut of Claudio Gora and it is based on the novel with the same name by Giuseppe Berto, depicting the struggle for survival of a group of boys and girls in a bombed-out town in Italy during World War II.It was shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.