Abandoned. The Runaways or The Abandoned was the United States title for the 1955 Italian film Gli Sbandati, set during the aftermath of the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 during World War II. The film entered the 1955 Venice Film Festival, where it received a special mention. It is the directorial debut of Francesco Maselli. The music was composed by Giovanni Fusco and arranged by Ennio Morricone.
Gli Sbandati (The Abandoned) | |
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Directed by | Francesco Maselli |
Produced by | Antonio Pellizari |
Screenplay by | Eriprando Visconti Francesco Maselli Ageo Savioli |
Story by | Eriprando Visconti |
Starring | Lucia Bosé Isa Miranda Jean-Pierre Mocky Antonio De Teffè Giuliano Montaldo Fernando Birri Mario Girotti |
Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Antonietta Zita |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
Screenplay
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- Lucia Bosé - Lucia
- Isa Miranda - Contessa Luisa
- Jean-Pierre Mocky - Andrea
- Goliarda Sapienza - Lucia's aunt
- Antonio De Teffè - Carlo
- Leonardo Botta - Ferruccio
- Marco Guglielmi - Scattered soldiers' officer
- Giuliano Montaldo - Scattered soldier from Tuscany
- Ivy Nicholson - Andrea's girlfriend
- Fernando Birri - Scattered soldiers' lieutenant
- Franco Lantieri - Scattered soldier from Veneto
- Giulio Paradisi
- Joop van Hulzen
- Mario Girotti
- Manfred Freidbager
- Bianca Maria Ferrari
- Dori Ghezzi