The Magistrate (1959)
Emilia Bonelli is an overly ambitious and driven woman. This dominant personality trait has its effects on her henpecked husband Luigi, and her daughter Carla. Circumstances ultimately lead to the courtroom and an aloof judge in the persona of Andrea Morandi.
Director:
Luigi Zampa
Writers:
Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Luigi Zampa.
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José Suárez as Andrea Morandi |
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François Périer as Luigi Bonelli |
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Jacqueline Sassard as Carla Bonelli |
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Massimo Serato as Ugo |
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Claude Cardinale as Maria |
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Geronimo Meynier as Pierino Lucchi |
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Ana Mariscal as Emilia |
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Francesco Casaretti as Luciano Bonelli |
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Maurizio Arena as Orlando Di Giovanni |
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Louis Seigner as Chief Prosecutor Roncuzzi |
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Ana María Custodio as Lucchi's Mother |
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Roberto Rey as |
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Rino Genovese as Police Commissioner Pasetti |
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Manuel Guitián as Andrea's friend |
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Arturo Maghizzano as Docker Serafino Stabile |
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Andrea Scotti as Luigi's Colleague with a Panettone |
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Silvana Moschioni as Carla's Dark-haired Friend |
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Julia Caba Alba as The Bar Owner as a Witness |
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Ignazio Balsamo as The Sea Captain |
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Antonio Acqua as The Mortgage Valuer |
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Aldo Vasco as Docker |
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Franco Cobianchi as Maresciallo di Polizia |
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Fausto Guerzoni as The Usher at Insurance Office |
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Luis San Martin as |
| Directing | Luigi Zampa | Director |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gábor Pogány | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Production | Silvio Clementelli | Executive Producer |
| Production | Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |
| Writing | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Story |
| Writing | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Screenplay |
| Writing | Massimo Franciosa | Story |
| Writing | Massimo Franciosa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luigi Zampa | Story |
| Writing | Luigi Zampa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Paolo Bianchini | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Antonio Navarro Linares | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tina Marchetti Clerici | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Art | Flavio Mogherini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Flavio Mogherini | Costume Design |
| Art | Arrigo Breschi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Marzot | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Luigi Ceccarelli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Anna Maria Campanile | Unit Manager |
| Production | Armando Govoni | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Mario Capriotti | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Giovanni Rossi | Sound |
| Sound | Carlo Savina | Conductor |