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It Happened in '43

Original title: La lunga notte del '43
  • 19601960
  • 1h 45m
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7.3/10
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It Happened in '43 (1960)
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In the midst of World War II, the story of the affair of a young woman married to a man bound to a wheelchair, with a deserter from the Italian army, intertwines with that of the power grab ... Read allIn the midst of World War II, the story of the affair of a young woman married to a man bound to a wheelchair, with a deserter from the Italian army, intertwines with that of the power grab of a fanatical local fascist leader who gets the hold with a massacre of Pacific oppositio... Read allIn the midst of World War II, the story of the affair of a young woman married to a man bound to a wheelchair, with a deserter from the Italian army, intertwines with that of the power grab of a fanatical local fascist leader who gets the hold with a massacre of Pacific opposition, among them the young deserter's father. Oppressive fog covers both dramas as a reminder... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
399
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POPULARITY
130,545
56,239
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    • Director
      • Florestano Vancini
    • Writers
      • Giorgio Bassani(novel "Una notte del '43")
      • Florestano Vancini(adaptation)
      • Ennio De Concini(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Belinda Lee
      • Gabriele Ferzetti
      • Enrico Maria Salerno
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Florestano Vancini
    • Writers
      • Giorgio Bassani(novel "Una notte del '43")
      • Florestano Vancini(adaptation)
      • Ennio De Concini(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Belinda Lee
      • Gabriele Ferzetti
      • Enrico Maria Salerno
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations

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    Belinda Lee and Enrico Maria Salerno in It Happened in '43 (1960)
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    Gabriele Ferzetti and Belinda Lee in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Gabriele Ferzetti and Belinda Lee in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Gabriele Ferzetti and Belinda Lee in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Gabriele Ferzetti and Belinda Lee in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Belinda Lee in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Belinda Lee and Enrico Maria Salerno in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Belinda Lee in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Gino Cervi and Enrico Maria Salerno in It Happened in '43 (1960)
    Loris Bazzocchi, Gino Cervi, and Carlo Di Maggio in It Happened in '43 (1960)

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    Belinda Lee
    Belinda Lee
    • Anna Barilari
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Franco Villani
    Enrico Maria Salerno
    Enrico Maria Salerno
    • Pino Barilari
    Andrea Checchi
    Andrea Checchi
    • Il farmacista
    Nerio Bernardi
    Nerio Bernardi
    • Avvocato Attilio Villani
    Isa Querio
    • Signora Villani
    Raffaella Carrà
    Raffaella Carrà
    • Ines, sorella di Franco
    • (as Raffaella Pelloni)
    Loris Bazzocchi
    • Vincent
    Carlo Di Maggio
    • Console Bolognesi
    Alice Clements
    • Blanche Villani, moglie di Franco
    Silla Bettini
    • Uomo senza documenti
    Romano Ghini
    • Camerata
    Mario Bellini
    • Camerata
    Gabriele Toth
    • Camerata
    Franco Cobianchi
    • Fanelli
    Cesare Martignon
    • Camerata
    • (as Cesare Martignoni)
    Tullio Altamura
    Tullio Altamura
    • Camerata
    Nino Musco
    • Camerata
    • Director
      • Florestano Vancini
    • Writers
      • Giorgio Bassani(novel "Una notte del '43")
      • Florestano Vancini(adaptation) (screenplay)
      • Ennio De Concini(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Alice Clements's debut.
    • Goofs
      A poster of Vittorio De Sica's The Children Are Watching Us (1944) can be seen. The movie was released in Italy only in 1944.
    • Connections
      Features Violette nei capelli (1942)

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    9/10
    "It Happened in '43" (1960) - directed by F. Vancini.
    A remarkable film: emotional and austere, dark and shattering, quick, packed with absolute silence along with peoples' busy chatter. Ordinary, beautiful, & awful. It is profoundly atmospheric & deliciously gets under the viewer's skin: the dark winter, fog, cold, hiding, people in corners, against walls, stuck in rooms, against windows, under shadowy arcades, a night that seems like day and a day that's never fully lit. And yet the story is straightforward, not forced,nor intellectually pretentious. "A" goes to "b" goes to "c" with knife-edge clarity. At the center of the plot is a kind of Romeo-Juliet love story. Beautifully complemented by the film's last few minutes -- a shot to the present of 1960 -- which makes that past of 1943 all the more fascinating and horrible. Simultaneously remote and intimate; inescapable. A work of genuine cinematic substance & recognized as such in Europe: where it won "Lion d'or" and for which a young Pier Paolo Pasolini worked on the script. Plus it's profoundly Italian: aware of the crimes, the sins of the recent war, the inescapable pressures and violence of politics and class. And aware that people can only do so much. There is no escape. Everyone is at the mercy of larger forces. Why do people need to see zombie films when there is story, there is history, like this of such exquisite and unforgettable, unforgivable cruelty? This is a film to preserve, remember, study, and, perhaps, even learn from.
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    • Jul 4, 2012

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    • Release date
      • August 10, 1961 (Uruguay)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Long Night in 1943
    • Filming locations
      • Ferrara, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Ajace Produzioni Cinematografiche
      • Euro International Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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