''To Live in Peace'' (Italian: ''Vivere in pace'') is a 1947 Italian neorealist comedy-drama war film directed by

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and starring

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, John Kitzmiller and

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.Gundle p.138 It was shot at the

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and on location around Orvieto in

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli.

Cast

as Tigna * Gar Moore as Ronald *Mirella Monti as Silvia * John Kitzmiller as Joe *Heinrich Bode as Hans *

as Corinna *

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as Il Nonno *

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as Il Segretario Politico *

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as Il Medico * Gino Cavalieri as Il Parroco *

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as Franco * Franco Serpilli as Citto

Awards and nominations

* OCIC-Prize at The World Film and Fine Arts Festival in Brussels, 1947: OCIC jury verdict : This film is amongst the films presented most able to contribute to the spiritual and moral revival of humanity. This first jury of the International Catholic Office of Cinema (OCIC) consisted out of the Jesuit Fr Charles Reinert (Switzerland), the Dominican Fr Léo Lunders O.P. (Belgium), Diego Fabbri (Italy), Luis de Zulueta (Spain), André Ruszkowski (France) and Roger Stengel (Belgium)

References

Bibliography

* Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. ''Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema''. Indiana University Press, 2015. * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Gundle, Stephen. ''Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism''. Berghahn Books, 2019.

External links

* * 1947 films 1947 comedy-drama films Italian black-and-white films Films scored by Nino Rota 1940s Italian-language films Italian World War II films Films set in Italy Social realism in film Films directed by Luigi Zampa Italian comedy-drama films Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Lux Film films 1940s Italian films {{comedy-drama-film-stub