During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
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Renzo Ricci
Aroldo Cramoli
Known for
L'Avventura
Sandra
Marcella Albani
Leda Astorri
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Carlo Ninchi
Marcello Barra
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Two Women
The Beauty of the Devil
Lia Franca
Dora Bardi
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Elio Steiner
Giulio Alberti
Known for
The Lady Without Camelias
Elvira Marchionni
Cognata di Marcello
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Silenzio, si gira!
Giovanni Cimara
Carlo Astorri
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The Bachelor
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Camillo De Rossi
Adolfo Calandri
Also in
I martiri d'Italia
Beatrice Cenci
Vasco Creti
Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri
Known for
The Children Are Watching Us
Franco Coop
Carlo Lirossi, il portiere di casa Calandri
Also in
Hands Off Me!
The Art of Getting Along
Giorgio Bianchi
Lo sconosciuto
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Resurrection
Ballerine
Luigi Carini
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Fuochi d'artificio
Guido Brignone Director · Mario Serandrei Writer Giuseppe Romualdi Story
First release January 31, 1931 · Produced in Italy · Original title Corte d'Assise
Production
Cines
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Italy
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Original title
Corte d'Assise
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · January 31, 1931
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No release date listed for United States.
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