Die Maschine, die die Bösen tötet (1952)
In Anspielung auf die Commedia dell'arte ist der Film eine moralische Fabel, die sich in eine Satire auf ein Land verwandelt, das von den Dämonen des Faschismus heimgesucht wird. Mit einer Fülle visueller Ideen und einem ambitionierten Drehbuch ermöglicht die aufkommende Frage nach Gut und Böse dem Filmemacher für seine erste Komödie einen überraschenden Ausflug ins Fantastische.
Der Regisseur:
Roberto Rossellini
Die Autor:
Franco Brusati, Giancarlo Vigorelli, Sergio Amidei, Liana Ferri, Roberto Rossellini.
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Giovanni Amato as The Mayor |
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Marilyn Buferd as American Girl |
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Pietro Carloni as |
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Joseph Falletta as Joe |
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Gennaro Pisano as Celestino Esposito |
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Helen Tubbs as American Girl's Mother |
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William Tubbs as American Girl's Father |
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Clara Bindi as Giulietta Del Bello (uncredited) |
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Camillo Buonanni as (uncredited) |
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Giacomo Furia as Romano Cuccurullo (uncredited) |
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Aldo Giuffrè as (uncredited) |
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Carlo Giuffrè as (uncredited) |
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Aldo Nanni as (uncredited) |
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Gaio Visconti as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roberto Rossellini | Director |
| Camera | Enrico Betti Berutto | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jolanda Benvenuti | Editor |
| Camera | Tino Santoni | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Franco Brusati | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giancarlo Vigorelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Eduardo De Filippo | Screenstory |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Screenplay |
| Writing | Liana Ferri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fabrizio Sarazani | Screenstory |
| Crew | Eugenio Bava | Special Effects |
| Production | Alberto Manni | Production Manager |
| Sound | Mario Amari | Sound |
| Writing | Roberto Rossellini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Conductor |