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Without Pity [DVD] [1948]
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Language:Italian
: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:VCI Video
: Region Code:0
: Sound Features:stereo
: Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Without Pity [DVD] [1948]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
Filmed in 1948 as Senza Pieta, this Alberto Lattuada-directed effort came to America the following year as Without Pity. The film's sensitive subject matter caused problems in distribution and approval; Lattuada was never known to shirk from a sociopolitical statement, even when it meant loss of revenue overseas. The plot is based on an actual postwar dilemma: in Northern Italy, dozens of black American GIs chose to go AWOL rather than return to a racially divided United States. John Kitzmiller plays an occupation soldier named Jerry, who decides to remain in Italy when he falls in love with a blonde, Caucasian local girl named Angela (Carla Del Poggio). Reviewers in 1949 felt that Lattuada exercised poor taste in depicting the interracial romance: while these scenes cannot realistically be described as offensive when seen today, they are still quite frank by 1940s standards. A ""regular"" in Italian neorealist films, Michigan-born black actor John Kitzmiller went on to win a Cannes Film Festival award for his performance in 1957's Sergeant Jim; James Bond fans will remember Kitzmiller as ""Quarrel"" in Dr. No (1962).~Hal Erickson
Name : Carla Del Poggio: Role : Angela
Name : John Kitzmiller: Role : Jerry
Name : Giulietta Masina: Role : Marcella
Name : Folco Lulli: Role : Giacomo
Name : Otello Fava: Role : Dumb Man
[!Language:Italian!] [!Program Type:Movie!] [!Screen Format:Black & White!] [!Studio:VCI Video!] [!Region Code:0!] [!Sound Features:stereo!] [!Aspect Ratio:1.37:1!] [!Product Name:Without Pity [DVD] [1948!]] [!Product Tags:DVD!] [!Subtitles:English!] [!Carla Del Poggio:Angela!] [!John Kitzmiller:Jerry!] [!Giulietta Masina:Marcella!] [!Folco Lulli:Giacomo!] [!Otello Fava:Dumb Man!]
: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:VCI Video
: Region Code:0
: Sound Features:stereo
: Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Without Pity [DVD] [1948]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
Filmed in 1948 as Senza Pieta, this Alberto Lattuada-directed effort came to America the following year as Without Pity. The film's sensitive subject matter caused problems in distribution and approval; Lattuada was never known to shirk from a sociopolitical statement, even when it meant loss of revenue overseas. The plot is based on an actual postwar dilemma: in Northern Italy, dozens of black American GIs chose to go AWOL rather than return to a racially divided United States. John Kitzmiller plays an occupation soldier named Jerry, who decides to remain in Italy when he falls in love with a blonde, Caucasian local girl named Angela (Carla Del Poggio). Reviewers in 1949 felt that Lattuada exercised poor taste in depicting the interracial romance: while these scenes cannot realistically be described as offensive when seen today, they are still quite frank by 1940s standards. A ""regular"" in Italian neorealist films, Michigan-born black actor John Kitzmiller went on to win a Cannes Film Festival award for his performance in 1957's Sergeant Jim; James Bond fans will remember Kitzmiller as ""Quarrel"" in Dr. No (1962).~Hal Erickson
Name : Carla Del Poggio: Role : Angela
Name : John Kitzmiller: Role : Jerry
Name : Giulietta Masina: Role : Marcella
Name : Folco Lulli: Role : Giacomo
Name : Otello Fava: Role : Dumb Man
[!Language:Italian!] [!Program Type:Movie!] [!Screen Format:Black & White!] [!Studio:VCI Video!] [!Region Code:0!] [!Sound Features:stereo!] [!Aspect Ratio:1.37:1!] [!Product Name:Without Pity [DVD] [1948!]] [!Product Tags:DVD!] [!Subtitles:English!] [!Carla Del Poggio:Angela!] [!John Kitzmiller:Jerry!] [!Giulietta Masina:Marcella!] [!Folco Lulli:Giacomo!] [!Otello Fava:Dumb Man!]
