The Walk (Italian: La passeggiata) is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Renato Rascel and starring Rascel, Valentina Cortese and Paolo Stoppa. It is very loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story Nevsky Prospekt.[1] It grossed 148 million lire at the Italian box office.[2]
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| Directed by | Renato Rascel |
| Screenplay by | Turi Vasile Diego Fabbri Ugo Guerra Giorgio Prosperi Franco Rossi Cesare Zavattini Enzo Curreli Renato Rascel |
| Starring | Renato Rascel Valentina Cortese |
| Cinematography | Vaclav Vich |
| Music by | Giovanni Militello |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
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A timid schoolteacher attempts to fall in love with a prostitute. In the process he loses his position. He finds that she is hard to convince.
Cast
edit- Renato Rascel as Paolo Barbato
- Valentina Cortese as Lisa
- Paolo Stoppa as Headmaster of the College
- Peppino De Martino as Luigi Magri
- Francesco Mulé as Teacher
- Anna Maria Bottini as Lisa's Friend
- Lia Angeleri as Teacher
- Tino Bianchi as Teacher
- Ignazio Leone as Teacher
- Enzo Maggio
- Lina Marengo
References
edit- ^ Pietro Cavallo. Viva l’Italia. Storia, cinema ed identità nazionale (1932-1962). Liguori Edit., 2009. ISBN 9788820749149.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
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