...und dennoch leben sie (1960)
Im Jahre 1943 wird Italiens Hauptstadt Rom durch die Alliierten sukzessive zerstört und bombadiert. In diesem Chaos lebt die junge und vermögende Witwe Cesira mit ihrer 13 jährigen Tochter Rosetta und betreibt einen kleinen Kaufladen. Als die Wucht einer Detonation ihr Geschäft, sowie einige Kunden in Mitleidenschaft zieht, spielt sie mit dem Gedanken, Rom und damit die Gefahrenzone zu verlassen. Sie entscheidet sich dafür und beginnt einen langen und kräftezehrenden Marsch zu ihrem Heimatdorf. Unterwegs stellen sie fest, dass der Krieg jedoch auch das Umland erreicht hat und machen Bekanntschaft mit dem jungen Studenten Michele. Als sich zwischen dem Akademiker und Cesira eine ernsthafte Liebesbeziehung anbahnt, fallen deutsche Truppen in das Dorf ein.
Der Regisseur:
Vittorio De Sica
Der Autor:
Cesare Zavattini
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Sophia Loren as Cesira |
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Eleonora Brown as Rosetta |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michele Di Libero |
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Raf Vallone as Giovanni |
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Carlo Ninchi as Filippo, il padre di Michele |
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Andrea Checchi as un fasciste |
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Pupella Maggio as un fermier |
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Emma Baron as Maria |
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Antonella Della Porta as La madre impazzita |
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Bruna Cealti as une évacuée |
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Luciano Pigozzi as Scimmione |
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Franco Balducci as il tedesco nel pagliaio |
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Mario Frera as Peppuccio |
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Curt Lowens as ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea |
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Luciana Cortellesi as |
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Tony Calio as |
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Remo Galavotti as |
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Elsa Mancini as |
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Giuseppina Ruggeri as |
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Luigi Terribile as |
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Antonio Gastaldi as |
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Carolina Carbonaro as |
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Alberto Castaldi as Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Vincenzo Musolino as Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited) |
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Ettore Mattia as Il passeggero sul treno (uncredited) |
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Renato Salvatori as Florindo (uncredited) |
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Borante Domizlaff as Soldato tedesco (uncredited) |
| Directing | Vittorio De Sica | Director |
| Directing | Luisa Alessandri | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giovanni Fago | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Checco Rissone | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Philippe Arthuys | Special Sound Effects |
| Sound | Giovanni Rossi | Sound |
| Crew | Serse Urbisaglia | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulia Mafai | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
| Production | Lucio Bompani | Unit Manager |
| Production | Gianni Cecchin | Unit Manager |
| Production | Alfredo Melidoni | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Ines Bruschi | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Emilio D'Andria | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Camera | Mario Capriotti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pierluigi Praturlon | Still Photographer |
| Production | Mario Bianchi | Administration |
| Crew | Joseph Nathanson | Special Effects |
| Production | Jone Tuzi | Line Producer |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Novel |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Camera | Gábor Pogány | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Adriana Novelli | Editor |
| Art | Gastone Medin | Production Design |
| Art | Elio Costanzi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elio Costanzi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Annunziata | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Angelini | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |