Flesh Will Surrender
{{short description|1947 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Flesh Will Surrender
-Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo-
| image = Flesh Will Surrender.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Alberto Lattuada
| producer = Marcello D'Amico
| screenplay = Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Aldo Fabrizi
Federico Fellini
Alberto Lattuada
Piero Tellini
| based_on = Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio
| starring = Aldo Fabrizi
Roldano Lupi
Yvonne Sanson
| music = Felice Lattuada
| cinematography = Aldo Tonti
| editing = Giuliana Attenni
| studio = Lux Film
| distributor = Lux Film
| released = {{film date|1947|9|23|df=yes}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
}}
Flesh Will Surrender ({{langx|it|Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo}}) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.{{cite web |url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5474 |title=Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (1947) |access-date=11 March 2015 |work=Cinema Italiano}} It is based on the novel Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4247/year/1947.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Flesh Will Surrender |access-date=11 March 2015 |work=festival-cannes.com}}
Plot
Giovanni Episcopo is a modest clerk, shy and awkward. The man does not know that he is going to be punished forever by fate. In fact, Giovanni falls in love with Ginevra. The two get married, generate a son, and go to live in a house that Giovanni buys with his savings. A friend of Giovanni's, Giulio Wanzer, who had a love affair with Ginevra, is determined to ruin his life. The character of Ginevra changes and becomes more cruel and aggressive, and when Giulio, at the height of presumption, is installed in the home of Giovanni and is aggressive with Ginevra and their son, Giovanni goes mad with rage and kills Giulio.
Cast
- Aldo Fabrizi as Giovanni Episcopo
- Roldano Lupi as Giulio Wanzer
- Yvonne Sanson as Ginevra Canale
- Ave Ninchi as Emilia Canale
- Amedeo Fabrizi as Ciro Episcopo
- Nando Bruno as Antonio
- Alberto Sordi as Doberti
- Francesco De Marco as Canale
- Lia Grani as Signora Adele
- Maria Gonnelli as Santina
- Gino Cavalieri as Archive Director
- Gian Luca Cortese as Marquess Arguti (as Luca Cortese)
- Folco Lulli as Carlini
- Galeazzo Benti as Cavalry Officer
- Silvana Mangano as Dancer
- Gina Lollobrigida as Dancer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0039309|title=Flesh Will Surrender}}
{{Alberto Lattuada}}
Category:1940s Italian-language films
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by Gabriele D'Annunzio
Category:Films directed by Alberto Lattuada
Category:Films scored by Nino Rota
Category:Films with screenplays by Federico Fellini
Category:Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Category:Italian-language drama films
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