The Sun Still Rises

1946 film

6 November 1946 (1946-11-06)

Running time

90 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

The Sun Still Rises (Italian: Il sole sorge ancora) also known as Outcry is a 1946 Italian neorealist war-drama film directed by Aldo Vergano and starring Elli Parvo, Massimo Serato and Lea Padovani.^[1]

It was one of two films produced by the ANPI movement along with Giuseppe De Santis's Tragic Hunt (1947).

The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice International Film Festival. For his performance Massimo Serato won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor.^[2] The film also won a special Nastro d'Argento for outstanding formal merits.^[2]

Synopsis

Following the Armistice of 1943, Cesare and his comrades leave the army and return to their homes. For Cesare this is a village in the Lombardy countryside outside Milan. There he becomes involved with Laura, a seamstress, but is also attracted to Mathilde an aristocrat. He is drawn back into the war when both the Italian Resistance and the German Army move into the area. After they shoot the local priest, the inhabitants rise up against the Germans and drive them out with the assistance of the partisans.

Cast

Elli Parvo as Matilde
Lea Padovani as Laura
Vittorio Duse as Cesare
Massimo Serato as Major Heinrich
Gillo Pontecorvo as Pietro
Checco Rissone as Mario
Carlo Lizzani as Don Camillo
Ada Cristina Almirante as Countess
Egisto Olivieri as Laura's Father
Giuseppe De Santis as Count's attendant
Alfonso Gatto as Train conductor
Mirko Ellis as Nazi officer
Checco Durante
Guido Aristarco

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
^ ^a ^b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.