The Hunchback of Rome

Il gobbo (internationally released as The Hunchback of Rome) is a 1960 Italian crime-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.[1] It is loosely based on the real life events of Giuseppe Albano, an Italian partisan that was one of the protagonists, from 1943 to 1945, of the Roman Resistance against German occupation.[2][3]

The Hunchback of Rome
Directed byCarlo Lizzani
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
Written byTommaso Chiaretti
Carlo Lizzani
Luciano Vincenzoni
Ugo Pirro
StarringGérard Blain
Music byPiero Piccioni
CinematographyLeonida Barboni
Aldo Tonti
Giuseppe Aquari
Edited byFranco Fraticelli
Distributed byDino De Laurentiis Cinematografica
Release date
1960
Running time
103 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

Alvaro fights during World War II against the Nazis and soon becomes a partisan leader. The other resistance fighters eventually dismiss him because they find his behaviour inacceptable. After the war he doesn't return to a normal life but turns into a foolhardy gangster.

Cast

References

  1. Gianni Rondolino (1996). Storia del cinema: Dizionario dei film. UTET, 1996. ISBN 8802049440.
  2. Pasquale Iaccio (2004). La Storia sullo schermo: il Novecento. Pellegrini Editore, 2004. ISBN 8881011905.
  3. Aldo Musci, Marco Minicangeli (2000). Malaroma. Castelvecchi, 2000. ISBN 8882102114.
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