| Un uomo ritorna | |
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| Directed by | Max Neufeld |
| Written by | Anton Giulio Majano, Ivo Ferilli and Umberto Del Giglio |
| Music by | Carlo Innocenzi |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes [1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Un uomo ritorna (also known as Revenge) is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Max Neufeld. [2]
It was shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. [3]
Plot
The film is set in April 1945. The engineer Sergio returns home to a town in Lazio after five years as a prisoner of war. He finds his homeland ravaged. The minefields and hydroelectric power plant were the main sources of employment and they are both destroyed. His old mother and a brother are still there but his wife Adele is working in Rome. Their son has been taken in a fascist raid. When Adele learns the son has died she goes after revenge armed with a gun. [1]
Cast
- Gino Cervi: Sergio
- Anna Magnani: Adele
- Luisa Poselli: Luciana
- Felice Romano: Carlo
- Ave Ninchi
- Aldo Silvani
- Olinto Cristina
Critical reception
The film was censored and then rediscovered in 2008. A man called Giancarlo Mancini found a bad Italian copy interspersed with fragments from a French edition in Ripley's Home Video. It has been described as a mediocre melodrama with obvious implausibilities in the plot and unsuited to Neufeld. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Mymovies.it |   
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| Internet Movie Database |  
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References
- ^ a b c d "Un uomo ritorna - MYmovies". Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Simone Pinchiorri (28 July 2008). "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Questi Fantasmi: Cinema Italiano Ritrovato (1946 – 1975)"". CinemaItaliano. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "IMDB". Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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