The Walls of Malapaga

The Walls of Malapaga
Original French film poster
Directed by	René Clément
Written by	Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost (adaptation and dialogue) Cesare Zavattini Suso Cecchi d'Amico Alfredo Guarini (screenplay)
Produced by	Alfredo Guarini
Starring	Jean Gabin Isa Miranda
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Roman Vlad
Distributed by	MGM (1949 Italian release) Films International (1950 US release)
Release dates	France: 16 November 1949 United States: 26 March 1950
Running time	France: 95 mins Italy: 104 minutes United States: 89 minutes
Languages	French Italian

The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles (Beyond the Gates)), is a 1949 Franco-Italian film co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione. It was directed by René Clément and produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. The music score was by Roman Vlad and the cinematography by Louis Page.

The film stars Jean Gabin and Isa Miranda.

Gabin is a French criminal, Pierre Arrignon, on the run who finds himself in Genoa, Italy, and falls in love with a local girl, Marta Manfredini (played by Isa Miranda). The film is set in Italy but the dialogue is primarily in French.

Cast

• Jean Gabin as Pierre Arrignon
• Isa Miranda as Marta Manfredini
• Vera Talchi as Cecchina, Marta's daughter
• Andrea Checchi as Giuseppe, Marta's husband
• Robert Dalban as the mariner
• Ave Ninchi as Maria, the neighbour
• Checco Rissone as the forger
• Renato Malavasi as the dentist
• Carlo Tamberlani as the inspector
• Vittorio Duse as the agent

Awards

The Walls of Malapaga was highly regarded in its day: it won an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and both Clément and Miranda won awards at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.

External links

• The Walls of Malapaga at IMDb