The Verona Trial | |
Director: | Carlo Lizzani |
Starring: | Silvana Mangano |
Music: | Mario Nascimbene |
Cinematography: | Leonida Barboni |
Producer: | Dino De Laurentiis |
Runtime: | 120 minutes |
Country: | Italy |
Language: | Italian |
Il processo di Verona (internationally released as The Verona Trial) is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 1944 Verona trial, in which Galeazzo Ciano, Emilio De Bono, Giovanni Marinelli and other eminent Fascist officials (Carlo Pareschi and Luciano Gottardi) were sentenced to death and almost immediately executed by a shooting detachment, while Tullio Cianetti was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.[1]
For her portrayal of Edda Mussolini-Ciano, Silvana Mangano won the two major Italian film awards, the David di Donatello for Best Actress and the Silver Ribbon in the same category.[2]