His Last Twelve Hours | |
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Directed by | Luigi Zampa |
Written by |
Cesare Zavattini Suso Cecchi d'Amico Vitaliano Brancati |
Produced by | Carlo Civallero |
Starring |
Jean Gabin Mariella Lotti Elli Parvo |
Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Production companies | |
Distributed by |
ENIC Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | Italian |
His Last Twelve Hours (French: Pour l'amour du ciel, Italian: È più facile che un cammello...) is a 1951 French-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jean Gabin, Mariella Lotti and Elli Parvo. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia near Cinecittà in Rome. [2]
Died in a car accident, the wealthy footwear industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil when he was alive. Defending himself from the accusation in a passionate harangue, however, he manages to get back to earth for a few hours, in order to repair the evil committed and above all the bad deed that caused Amedeo Santini's attempted suicide.
His Last Twelve Hours | |
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Directed by | Luigi Zampa |
Written by |
Cesare Zavattini Suso Cecchi d'Amico Vitaliano Brancati |
Produced by | Carlo Civallero |
Starring |
Jean Gabin Mariella Lotti Elli Parvo |
Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Production companies | |
Distributed by |
ENIC Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date |
|
Running time | 81 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | Italian |
His Last Twelve Hours (French: Pour l'amour du ciel, Italian: È più facile che un cammello...) is a 1951 French-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jean Gabin, Mariella Lotti and Elli Parvo. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia near Cinecittà in Rome. [2]
Died in a car accident, the wealthy footwear industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil when he was alive. Defending himself from the accusation in a passionate harangue, however, he manages to get back to earth for a few hours, in order to repair the evil committed and above all the bad deed that caused Amedeo Santini's attempted suicide.