Tragic Hunt

Tragic Hunt
Directed by	Giuseppe De Santis
Written by	Giuseppe De Santis Corrado Alvaro Michelangelo Antonioni Umberto Barbaro Carlo Lizzani Gianni Puccini Cesare Zavattini
Produced by	Giorgio Agliani Marcello Caccialupi
Starring	Vivi Gioi Massimo Girotti Carla Del Poggio Andrea Checchi
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Giuseppe Rosati
Production companies	Dante Film ANPI
Distributed by	Libertas Film
Release date	4 November 1947 (1947-11-04)
Running time	90 Minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Tragic Hunt (Italian: Caccia tragica) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi and Carla Del Poggio. It was part of the wave of postwar neorealist films. It was one of two produced by the ANPI movement along with The Sun Still Rises from the previous year.

Future filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Lizzani co-wrote the script. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi.

Plot

After the Second World War, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, a cooperative has been founded by peasants. War has destroyed the country. A group of bandits, with former Nazi-collaborator Daniela, known as 'Lili Marlene' (Vivi Gioi), holds up the truck where the money of the cooperative is travelling. All the peasants search for the thieves in a tragic hunt.

Cast

• Vivi Gioi as Daniela 'Lili Marlene'
• Andrea Checchi as Alberto
• Carla Del Poggio as Giovanna
• Massimo Girotti as Michele
• Vittorio Duse as Giuseppe
• Checco Rissone as Mimì
• Umberto Sacripante as The lame man
• Folco Lulli as A farmer
• Michele Riccardini as The maresciallo
• Eugenia Grandi as Sultana
• Piero Lulli as The driver
• Ermanno Randi as Andrea
• Enrico Tacchetti as The accountant
• Carlo Lizzani as The veteran holding a speech

Awards

It won two Nastro d'Argento as Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Vivi Gioi).

External links

• Tragic Hunt at IMDb