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The Bandit

Original title: Il bandito
  • 19461946
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Il bandito (1946)
  • Crime
  • Drama
A contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone ... Read allA contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.A contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
395
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Alberto Lattuada
  • Writers
    • Alberto Lattuada(story)
    • Oreste Biancoli(screenplay)
    • Mino Caudana(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anna Magnani
    • Amedeo Nazzari
    • Carla Del Poggio
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alberto Lattuada
  • Writers
    • Alberto Lattuada(story)
    • Oreste Biancoli(screenplay)
    • Mino Caudana(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anna Magnani
    • Amedeo Nazzari
    • Carla Del Poggio
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    • 2User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Anna Magnani and Amedeo Nazzari in Il bandito (1946)
    Amedeo Nazzari in Il bandito (1946)
    Amedeo Nazzari in Il bandito (1946)
    Il bandito (1946)
    Carlo Campanini, Carla Del Poggio, Anna Magnani, and Amedeo Nazzari in Il bandito (1946)
    Anna Magnani and Amedeo Nazzari in Il bandito (1946)

    Top cast

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    Anna Magnani
    Anna Magnani
    • Lidiaas Lidia
    Amedeo Nazzari
    Amedeo Nazzari
    • Ernestoas Ernesto
    Carla Del Poggio
    Carla Del Poggio
    • Mariaas Maria
    Carlo Campanini
    Carlo Campanini
    • Carloas Carlo
    Eliana Banducci
    • Rosettaas Rosetta
    Mino Doro
    Mino Doro
    • Mirkoas Mirko
    Folco Lulli
    Folco Lulli
    • Andreaas Andrea
    Mario Perrone
    Mario Perrone
    • Il gobboas Il gobbo
    Amato Garbini
    • Il tenutarioas Il tenutario
    Gianni Appelius
    • Signorinaas Signorina
    Ruggero Madrigali
    • Il negrieroas Il negriero
    • (as Madrigali)
    Thea Aimaretti
    • Tecla, la padronaas Tecla, la padrona
    • (as Ajmaretti)
    Alessandro Tedeschi
    • Stefano Albertinias Stefano Albertini
    • (uncredited)
    Maria Tedeschi
    • Woman who buys the Newspaperas Woman who buys the Newspaper
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alberto Lattuada
    • Writers
      • Alberto Lattuada(story) (screenplay)
      • Oreste Biancoli(screenplay)
      • Mino Caudana(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    A contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
    • turin italy
    • 1940s
    • post war italy
    • 360 degree pan
    • bombed house
    • 28 more
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    • Taglines
      • A searing drama of moral and social chaos!
    • Genres
      • Crime
      • Drama
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    Did you know

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    • Connections
      Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A neorealizmus (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      A-Tisket, A-Tasket
      Written by Ella Fitzgerald and Van Alexander
      Performed by Ella Fitzgerald

    User reviews2

    Review
    Top review
    Inglorious home coming.
    This movie has a great beginning and a moving ending,but the gangsters story in the middle is not on the same level.

    Ernesto ,a prisoner of war,comes back to his dear Italy ,to find his mother killed in a bombing and his sister a prostitute. The prisoners packed up on a train, the crowds on the platform with the distraught German woman claiming " he married me ", the drive through a ruined country ,the exhausted prisoners coming against an inhuman local government ......All rings true ..

    What follows is a bit disappointing ; as the precedent user wrote, the social context is almost completely forgotten ;Lattuada may have had "I'm a fugitive from a chain gang " in mind ,this film noir classic ,but his story is a trite unconvincing story of cops and gangsters and La Magnani is totally wasted as a moll .....

    The epilogue,which I will not reveal, is a beautiful touch of melodrama, a genre Amadeo Nazzari knew quite well.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Dec 3, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 1947 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Bandit
    • Filming locations
      • Via Giuseppe Barbaroux, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Lux Film
      • R.D.L.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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