At the Edge of the City

At the Edge of the City
At the Edge of the City
Directed by	Carlo Lizzani; Massimo Mida (co-director);
Written by	Angelo D'Alessandro
Produced by	Fernando Croce
Starring	Giulietta Masina; Massimo Girotti; Marina Berti; Michel Jourdan;
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by	Guido Bertoli; Jenner Menghi;
Music by	Franco Mannino
Distributed by	Elios Film
Release date	5 March 1953;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

At the Edge of the City (Italian: Ai margini della metropoli) is a 1953 Italian crime film drama directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film stars Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina.^[1] In Rome a young man is falsely accused of killing his girlfriend. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in the city. The film used neorealist style and was based on a real-life case.

Plot

Mario Ilari, a young unemployed worker, is unjustly accused of killing a girl he knows of him. Once arrested, he manages to escape and hide in the house of his partner Gina, but ends up in prison again. The lawyer Roberto Marini agrees to take his defense after being contacted by Luisa, a friend of Gina, convinced that the trial will give him the opportunity to assert himself. The situation, however, is complicated by the fact that Calì, a homeless man, says he saw Ilari at the scene of the crime. Ilari confesses that he met Greta through a female friend, who should have facilitated his expatriation. When the lawyer Marini accuses Calì of perjury, he kills himself. The situation is resolved when the body of Greta is found, killed by the real culprit after being kidnapped. Ilari is freed and Marini and Luisa confess their mutual love.^[2]

Cast

Massimo Girotti as Avv. Roberto Martini
Marina Berti as Luisa
Giulietta Masina as Gina Ilari
Michel Jourdan as Mario Ilari
Lucien Gallas as P.C.
Rossana Martini as Elena
Adriana Sivieri as Greta
Patrizia Lari as Betty
Paola Borboni as Madre di Luisa
Giulio Calì as Calì
Amilcare Fabrizio as Fabrizio
Antonio Nicotra
Benedetta Rutili
Cesare Fantoni
Carlo d'Elia
Giuliano Montaldo
Andrea Petricca
Franco Caruso
Bruno Berellini
Maria Laura Rocca

References

^ Moliterno p.174
^ Chiti, Roberto (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Vol. 2, I film dal 1945 al 1959. Roberto Poppi, Giovanni Grazzini, Enrico Lancia. Roma: Gremese. ISBN 88-7605-548-7. OCLC 489800757.

Bibliography

Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

At the Edge of the City at IMDb

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[1] Moliterno p.174

[2] Chiti, Roberto (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Vol. 2, I film dal 1945 al 1959. Roberto Poppi, Giovanni Grazzini, Enrico Lancia. Roma: Gremese. ISBN 88-7605-548-7. OCLC 489800757.

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