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Long Night in 1943
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Long Night in '43 (Italian: La Lunga Notte del '43) is an Italian drama film of 1960 set in Ferrara, in the Italian Social Republic German puppet state during the late stages of the Second World War. It was directed by Florestano Vancini and adapted by Vancini, Ennio De Concini and Pier Paolo Pasolini from a short story by Giorgio Bassani. The film stars Enrico Maria Salerno, Gino Cervi, Belinda Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti and Andrea Checchi.
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Directed by | Florestano Vancini |
Written by | Florestano Vancini Ennio De Concini Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Based on | novel by Giorgio Bassani |
Produced by | Tonino Cervi Alessandro Jacovoni |
Starring | Belinda Lee Gabriele Ferzetti Enrico Maria Salerno Andrea Checchi Nerio Bernardi Gino Cervi |
Cinematography | Carlo Di Palma |
Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Production companies | Ajace Produzioni Cinematografiche Euro International Film (EIA) |
Distributed by | Euro International Film |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
It was also known as The Long Night of '43 or It Happened in '43. The original Italian title was La lunga notte del '43.
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[1]