Unknown Man of San Marino

The Unknown Man of San Marino (Italian: Lo Sconosciuto di San Marino) is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Michał Waszyński and starring Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica and Antonio Gandusio.[2]

The Unknown Man of San Marino
Directed byMichał Waszyński
Written byCesare Zavattini
Vittorio Cottafavi
Giulio Morelli
StarringAnna Magnani
Vittorio De Sica
Antonio Gandusio
CinematographyArturo Gallea
Edited byMario Serandrei
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
Production
company
Film Gamma
Distributed byGeneralcine
Release date
29 October 1946
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office71 million Lira[1]

It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location around the Republic of San Marino where it is set. The screenwriter Cesare Zavattini and the actors Anna Magnani and Vittorio De Sica were key figures in the neorealist movement which was at its height when the film was made.

Synopsis

During the closing stages of the Second World War, refugees pour into San Marino. One of them is a foreigner who has apparently lost his memory. Liana, a prostitute, is very sympathetic towards him. He also bonds with members of the Polish Army he encounters. However, during a religious procession to mark the fall of the German Gothic Line, he is jolted by the memory of an atrocity he committed while serving with German forces against a similar procession. Filled with remorse, he commits suicide by walking into a minefield.

Cast

References
  1. Chiti & Poppi p.375
  2. Sieglohr p.156

Bibliography
  • Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
  • Sieglohr, Ulrike. Heroines Without Heroes: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-51. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.


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