Film

Campane a martello

1949 · 1h 49m · Drama

IMDb

6.5

Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.

Gina Lollobrigida

Agostina

Yvonne Sanson

Australia

Carlo Romano

Il maresciallo

Carlo Giustini

Marco

Clelia Matania

Bianca

Ernesto Almirante

Il Possidente

Agostino Salvietti

Il Sindaco

Gino Saltamerenda

Fernando

Salvatore Arcidiacono

Il Farmacista

Ada Colangeli

Francesca

Pasquale Misiano

Autista del camioncino

Eduardo De Filippo

Don Andrea

Vittoria Febbi

Connie

Nanda De Santis

Luciana Gastaldi (uncredited)

Carlo Pisacane

Filippo, il sacristano (uncredited)

Francesco Santoro

Franco (uncredited)

• Luigi ZampaDirector
• Piero TelliniStory · Screenplay
• Carlo PontiProducer
• Carlo MontuoriDirector of Photography
• Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
• Eraldo Da RomaEditor

Release date

September 16, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama