The Challenge (1958)
1h 27m
Running Time
September 11, 1958Release Date
The Challenge (1958)
1h 27m
Running Time
September 11, 1958Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
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Cast & Crew.
Rosanna Schiaffino
Assunta
José Suárez
Vito Polara
Nino Vingelli
Gennaro
Decimo Cristiani
Salvatore Ajello
José Jaspe
Raffaele
Tina Castigliano
Madre di Vito
Pasquale Cennamo
Fernando Ajello
Elsa Valentino Ascoli
Madre di Assunta
Ubaldo Granata
Califano
Ezio Vergari
Antonio
Rosita Pisano
La lavandaia
Marilù Carteny
Costume Design
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Marcello Ceccarelli
Makeup Artist
Enzo Provenzale
Story / Screenplay / Production Manager
Francesco Rosi
Screenplay / Story / Director
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay / Story
Eva Latini
Assistant Editor
Gianni Cecchin
Production Secretary
Roman Vlad
Conductor / Original Music Composer
Otello Spila
Assistant Camera
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Erico Menczer
Camera Operator
Umberto Della Monica
Production Secretary
Roberto Pariante
Second Assistant Director
Gino Millozza
Production Supervisor
Ermanno Consolazione
Still Photographer
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Francesco Manco
Production Secretary
Giulio Questi
First Assistant Director
Nando Cicero
Second Assistant Director
Franco Mancini
Production Design
Oscar Di Santo
Sound
Pasquale Tartaro
Mario Laurentino
Guido Cante
Giosué Ippolito
Gennaro Di Napoli
Lia Thomas
Salvatore Cafiero
Nello Ascoli
Ferdinando Gerra
Renato Terra
Guglielmo Spoletini
Elsa Fiore
Alfredo Visco
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 11, 1958
Original NameLa Sfida
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
challenge
Wiki.
La sfida ("the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy. It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The film is based on the real-life story of Camorra boss Pasquale Simonetti, known as Pasquale 'e Nola, and his wife and former beauty queen Pupetta Maresca, played by Rosanna Schiaffino.
It was produced by the Italian companies Cinecittà and Vides Cinematografica and the Spanish companies Lux Film and Suevia Films.
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