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:
Siro Angeli, Oreste Biancoli, Giorgio Capitani, Giuliano Conte, Fulvio Palmieri, Alberto Pozzetti, Vittorio Cottafavi, 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 | Oreste Biancoli | Script |
| Crew | Giuliano Conte | Script |
| Crew | Franco Navarra Viggiani | Script |
| Writing | Siro Angeli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Oreste Biancoli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giorgio Capitani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giuliano Conte | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fulvio Palmieri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alberto Pozzetti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vittorio Cottafavi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ugo Betti | Screenplay |
| Art | Antonio Leonardi | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Adalberto Albertini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Guglielmo Garroni | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Gigliola Rosmino | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Franco Navarra Viggiani | Producer |
| Production | Giuliano Conte | Associate Producer |
| Production | Giampaolo Bigazzi | General Manager |
| Production | Giulio Fianco | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Mario Pagano | Military Consultant |
| Directing | Vittorio Cottafavi | Director |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Renzo Lucidi | Editor |
| Art | Ottavio Scotti | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria De Matteis | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amato Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Piero Caserini | Production Manager |
| Directing | Giorgio Capitani | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Riccardo Vaccari | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Gábor Pogány | Director of Photography |