A Woman Has Killed (Italian: Una donna ha ucciso) is a 1952 Italian melodrama crime film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. While on a train journey a young woman tells another passenger how she murdered her husband, a British army officer.[1] It is a neorealist film, based on the real story of Lidia Cirillo, who appears in the film.
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| Directed by | Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Written by | Siro Angeli Giorgio Capitani Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Starring | Frank Latimore Lianella Carell |
| Cinematography | Bitto Albertini |
| Edited by | Renzo Lucidi |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production company | Nuovissima Film |
| Distributed by | Cinecid (Indipendenti Regionali) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.
Cast edit
- Frank Latimore as Capt. Roy Prescott
- Lianella Carell as Anna
- Alessandro Serbaroli as Larry (as Alex Serbaroli)
- Vera Palumbo as Carla
- Umberto Spadaro as Padre di Anna
- Marika Rowsky
- Celeste Aída
- Diego Muni
- Vincenzo Milazzo
- Pia De Doses
- Lidia Cirillo
References edit
- ^ Bayman p.1
Bibliography edit
- Bayman, Louis. The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
External links edit
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