''I colpevoli'' (, ''The Guilty'') is a 1957 Italian-French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Turi Vasile. It is based on the comedy play ''Sulle strade di notte'' by Renato Lelli.

Plot

Valerio Rossello is a judge, with a rigid and uncompromising mentality. He is married to Lucia, a woman who instead follows the model of a loving and protective mother. From their union only one child was born: Maurizio. Both parents raise him completely differently, highlighting their character differences. Until the day when Maurizio, now a teenager, together with a friend commits an attack for futile reasons against a gas station attendant. Having learned of the incident, Valerio and Lucia also in this case intend to face the situation in a diametrically opposite way. The conflicts within the family thus strongly resurface, in which, amidst rebounds of responsibility, the errors of both parents emerge in the upbringing of their child.

Cast

Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1905 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of a street car conductor. When she was ...

: Lucia Rossello *

Carlo Ninchi Carlo Ninchi (31 May 1896 – 27 April 1974) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' Before the Jury'' (1931) – Marcello Barra, il guardacaccia * '' Mother Earth'' ( ...

: Valerio Rossello *

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...

: Giorgio *

Etchika Choureau Etchika Choureau, born Jeaninne Paulette Verret (12 November 1929 – 25 January 2022), was a French film actress, active from 1953 to 1966. She remained in the spotlight thereafter for her continued friendship with her former lover, King Hassan ...

: Sandra * Helene Partello: Susanna *

Wandisa Guida Wandisa Guida (born 21 April 1935) is an Italian former film, stage and television actress. She was sometimes credited as Wandisa Leigh. Born in Trani, Italy, Guida took part in the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1954, winning the title of Mi ...

(as Vandisa Guida)

References

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* 1957 films Italian drama films 1957 drama films 1950s Italian films Films scored by Carlo Innocenzi Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian-language films Italian-language drama films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub