Film

Before the Jury

1931 · 1h 6m · Drama · Mystery

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.

Renzo Ricci

Aroldo Cramoli

Marcella Albani

Leda Astorri

Carlo Ninchi

Marcello Barra

Lia Franca

Dora Bardi

Elio Steiner

Giulio Alberti

Elvira Marchionni

Cognata di Marcello

Giovanni Cimara

Carlo Astorri

Camillo De Rossi

Adolfo Calandri

Vasco Creti

Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri

Franco Coop

Carlo Lirossi, il portiere di casa Calandri

Giorgio Bianchi

Lo sconosciuto

Luigi Carini

Presidente del tribunale

Raimondo Van Riel

Procuratore generale

Oreste Fares

Avvocato difensore

Umberto Sacripante

Cancelliere

Mercedes Brignone

Un'invitata al ricevimento

• Guido BrignoneDirector · Writer
• Mario SerandreiWriter
• Giuseppe RomualdiStory

Release date

January 31, 1931

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Drama, Mystery