The Flame that Never Dies (1949)
Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
Director:
Vittorio Cottafavi
Writers:
Fulvio Palmieri, Oreste Biancoli, Vittorio Cottafavi, Giuliano Conte, Alberto Pozzetti, Siro Angeli, Giorgio Capitani, Ugo Betti.
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Gino Cervi as Luigi Manfredi |
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Maria Denis as Maria Valente |
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Leonardo Cortese as Giuseppe Manfredi |
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Luigi Tosi as Giovanni Manfredi |
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Carlo Campanini as Guido Valente |
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Danielle Benson as Caterina |
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Daniela Benucci as piccola Caterina/Carmina-Norina da bambina |
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Nando Bruno as il brigadiere |
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Tino Buazzelli as Michele |
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Maurizio Di Nardo as Luigi ragazzo |
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Giovanni Lovatelli as ufficiale tedesco |
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Fulvia Mammi as Norina |
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Carlo Mariotti as |
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Arnaldo Mochetti as |
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Gian Paolo Rosmino as il rettore del seminario |
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Barbara Vassarotti as |
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Gaio Visconti as il sindaco |
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Dina Romano as nonna di Norina |
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Aristide Garbini as il medico |
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Gustavo Serena as |
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Lorena Berg as |
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Diego Muni as |
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Siro Angeli as prete alla fucilazione |
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Giorgio Capitani as soldato francese alla locanda |
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Vittorio Cottafavi as capitano dei carabinieri |
| Crew | Mario Pagano | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Franco Navarra Viggiani | Script |
| Writing | Fulvio Palmieri | Screenplay |
| Camera | Adalberto Albertini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Guglielmo Garroni | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Giuliano Conte | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Oreste Biancoli | Script |
| Crew | Giuliano Conte | Script |
| Writing | Oreste Biancoli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vittorio Cottafavi | Screenplay |
| Art | Antonio Leonardi | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Gigliola Rosmino | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Giulio Fianco | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Giuliano Conte | Screenplay |
| Production | Giampaolo Bigazzi | General Manager |
| Writing | Alberto Pozzetti | Screenplay |
| Production | Franco Navarra Viggiani | Producer |
| Writing | Siro Angeli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giorgio Capitani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ugo Betti | Screenplay |
| Directing | Vittorio Cottafavi | Director |
| Editing | Renzo Lucidi | Editor |
| Art | Ottavio Scotti | Production Design |
| Production | Piero Caserini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Giorgio Capitani | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amato Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Riccardo Vaccari | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria De Matteis | Costume Design |
| Camera | Gábor Pogány | Director of Photography |