Harlem is a 1943 Italian sports crime film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Massimo Girotti, Amedeo Nazzari and Vivi Gioi.[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The former world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera appears in a small role. It is also known by the alternative title of Knock Out.

Harlem
Directed byCarmine Gallone
Written by
Starring
CinematographyAnchise Brizzi
Edited by
Music byWilly Ferrero
Production
company
Distributed byENIC
Release date
  • 24 April 1943 (1943-04-24)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

It is noted for its anti-Americanism at a time when the two countries were at war. In postwar re-releases, Amedeo's final line was redubbed with a more positive view on life in the United States.[2]

Synopsis

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Tommaso Rossi, a young Italian goes to America to visit his elder brother Amedeo who has a business in the construction industry. He is discovered as a talented boxer after getting into a fight with a champion in a restaurant and flooring him. However his elder brother's business is wrecked and he is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Forced to fight in order to raise enough money to bail his brother, Tommaso is then told by a dying Amedeo to return to Italy as the American dream holds nothing for Italian American immigrants.

Cast

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Massimo Girotti as Tommaso Rossi

References

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  1. ^ Bondanella & Pacchioni p.52
  2. ^ Bondanella & Pacchioni p.52

Bibliography

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  • Peter Bondanella & Federico Pacchioni. A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
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