Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
After dying in a car accident, wealthy shoe industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil while alive. Defending himself against the accusation in an impassioned plea, however, he succeeds in obtaining to return to earth for a few hours to make reparation for the evil he committed and, above all, for the bad deed that caused Amedeo Santini's suicide attempt. The affair will lead him to make a risky but happy choice.
Director:
Luigi Zampa
Writers:
Giorgio Moser, Diego Fabbri, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Henri Jeanson, Vitaliano Brancati.
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Jean Gabin as Carlo Bacchi |
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Elli Parvo as Lidia Guidi, l'amante di Carlo Bacchi |
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Antonella Lualdi as Maria, la nipote di Santini |
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Paola Borboni as Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi |
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Carlo Sposito as il duca Luca Sorino |
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Elena Altieri as la contessa |
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Maso Lotti as Nanni, il fidanzato di Maria |
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Bella Starace Sainati as |
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Marga Cella as |
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Dante Maggio as |
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Mariella Lotti as |
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Julien Carette as |
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Nerio Bernardi as |
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Ciro Berardi as |
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Fausto Guerzoni as |
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Ada Colangeli as |
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Louis de Funès as |
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Dóra Fáy Kiss as |
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Livio Giorgi as |
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Gorella Gori as |
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Marco Tulli as |
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Laura Tiberti as |
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Joop van Hulzen as |
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Aristide Catoni as Chaffeur |
| Directing | Luigi Zampa | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dina Di Bari | Costume Design |
| Writing | Giorgio Moser | Screenplay |
| Writing | Diego Fabbri | Screenplay |
| Art | Gastone Medin | Production Design |
| Art | Giorgio Hermann | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Story |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Henri Jeanson | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ennio Sensi | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Vitaliano Brancati | Screenplay |
| Production | Carlo Civallero | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Arcangelo Aversa | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Carlo Montuori | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Music |
| Editing | Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Baroni | Costume Design |