Senza pietà (1948)

Director:

Alberto Lattuada

Writers:

Federico Fellini (screenplay), Federico Fellini (story),

Stars:

Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Pierre Claudé

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Carla Del Poggio	...	Angela
John Kitzmiller	...	Jerry
Pierre Claudé	...	Pierre Luigi
Giulietta Masina	...	Marcella
Folco Lulli	...	Giacomo
Lando Muzio	...	South American Captain
Enza Giovine	...	Sister Gertrude
Daniel Jones	...	Richard
Otello Fava	...	Dumb Man
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Otello Bacci	...	Himself and his orchestra
Max Lancia
Patrizia Lari	...	Reformatory school inmate
Armando Libianchi
Mario Perrone
Romano Villi

Storyline

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Taglines:

The Story of a Negro G.I. and a Girl Campfollower!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian Spanish

Release Date:

5 September 1948 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Without Pity

Filming Locations:

Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sister Gertrude (Enza Giovine) was based on a real person. She was a nun who cared for young women in the 5th Pavillion of Livorno Hospital.

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Goofs

The final scene was filmed with two units and the wide shot shows, top left, all the crew of the second unit, plus the camera.

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Connections

Referenced in American Grindhouse (2010)

User Reviews

Very good film (from what I remember)

I saw this film 30 years or more at a university screening. It's probably never been released on videotape and may never be on DVD. I remember it as an affecting drama of a relationship/affair between an Italian girl and an afro-American GI (Kitzmiller). Both characters are sympathetic, with the Italian girl eventual drawn into prostitution by the difficult conditions of a receding World War II. Yet it is those conditions, with the Americans now an occuppying force in Italy, that bring the two together in a way probably impossible but for war. This film could be, I suppose, "neo-realist," and would be nice to "revisit" again to confirm my initial good impression of it.