Tragic Return

{{short description|1952 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Tragic Return

| image = File:Tragic Return.jpg

| caption =

| director = Pier Luigi Faraldo

| producer = Eugenio Fontana
Giacinto Solito

| writer = Leo Bomba
Giuseppe Mangione
Sergio Pugliese
Ermanno Randi

| narrator =

| starring = Doris Duranti
Marcello Mastroianni
Franca Marzi

| music = Costantino Ferri

| cinematography = Alvaro Mancori

| editing = Giacinto Solito

| studio = Produzione Fontana

| distributor = Titanus

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1952|06|13}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

Tragic Return ({{langx|it|Tragico ritorno}}) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and starring Doris Duranti, Marcello Mastroianni and Franca Marzi.{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film356730.htm |title=The Complete Index To World Film: Tragic Return |accessdate=14 March 2009|work=CITWF.com}} It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Ansoldi. It earned 92 million lire at the Italian box office.Chiti, Poppi & Lancia p.373

Synopsis

Marco, after some years in a prisoner of war camp, returns to his home in Livorno to find his wife Giovanna married to another man and their son doesn't know who he is. Suicidal he is encouraged by Elisa a young woman who manages a beachfront business with her father. Marco plans on emigrating to Argentina but to raise the money he becomes involved in robberies.

Cast

References

{{reflist}}

Bibliography

  • Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.