...and the Wild Wild Women (1959)
"Nella città l'inferno" (original title)

Director:

Renato Castellani

Writers:

Isa Mari (novel), Renato Castellani (screenplay),

Stars:

Anna Magnani, Giulietta Masina, Myriam Bru

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Magnani	...	Egle
Giulietta Masina	...	Lina
Myriam Bru	...	Vittorina
Ada Passeri	...	Una fruttivendola
Renato Salvatori	...	Piero
Cristina Gaioni	...	Marietta Mugnari (as Cristina Gajoni)
Milly	...	Sister Giuseppina
Angela Portaluri	...	Laura
Manzilla Ercolani	...	First Amelia
Anita Durante	...	Assunta
Marcella Rovena	...	Signora Luisa
Miranda Campa	...	Ida Maroni
Umberto Spadaro	...	Direttore del carcere
Saro Urzì	...	Maresciallo del carcere
Virginia Benati	...	Vera

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

female prisoner | injustice | women's prison | jail cell | jail | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

24 May 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

...and the Wild Wild Women

Company Credits

Production Co:

Riama Film, Rizzoli Film, Francinex

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Maruzzella"
(uncredited)
Written by Enzo Bonagura and Renato Carosone
Performed by Anna Magnani

User Reviews

Women's prison.

This film received only a minor release in the United States in a shortened and dubbed version and was shown intact only at some touring museum series many years later. That is a shame considering the stature of the two leading performers, Anna Magnani and Giulietta Masina, both of them great ladies of the Italian cinema. Their performances are riveting. NELLA CITTA' L'INFERNO is about an innocent housewife (Masina) who is falsely convicted of theft and is sent to a women's prison in Rome. There she is tutored in the ways of crime by her expert cell-mate (Magnani) and must live amid a company of prostitutes, murderers, and thieves. Their effect on her is not a positive one. Renato Castellani directed this lively piece, and Roman comedian-actor Alberto Sordi has a small role in it.