Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone in the world he meets Tullio, a disbanded boy who lives in an abandoned area with some girls, Carla, an eighteen year old girl who works as a prostitute, Giulia, younger and sick of tuberculosis, and a girl, Maria.
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Cast
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Mischa Auer Jr.
Daniele
No other roles listed
Jacques Sernas
Tullio
Known for
Helen of Troy
55 Days at Peking
Marina Berti
Carla
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Quo Vadis
Anna Maria Ferrero
Guilia
Known for
Love and Larceny
War and Peace
Vittoria Giuditta Rità
Maria
No other roles listed
Liliana Tellini
Nora
Also in
Il nido di falasco
The Merchant of Venice
Lauro Gazzolo
The shoemaker
Known for
The Band of Honest Men
Anna Zander
Also in
For Jojo
Du sollst hören
Margherita Bossi
Also in
The Firebird
Desiderio 'e sole
Claudio Gora Director · Cesare Zavattini Screenplay Leopoldo Trieste Screenplay
First release March 15, 1950 · Original title Il cielo è rosso
Languages
Original title
Il cielo è rosso
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 15, 1950
Theatrical · Completed production 1949
No release date listed for United States.
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