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
Starring	Vivi Gioi Massimo Girotti Carla Del Poggio Andrea Checchi
Music by	Giuseppe Rosati
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Release dates	November 4, 1947 (Italy) October 21, 1948 (U.S.)
Running time	90 Min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Caccia tragica or Tragic Hunt is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis.

Future filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Lizzani co-wrote the script.

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: Daniela 'Lili Marlene'
• Andrea Checchi: Alberto
• Carla Del Poggio: Giovanna
• Massimo Girotti: Michele
• Vittorio Duse: Giuseppe
• Checco Rissone: Mimì
• Umberto Sacripante: The lame man
• Folco Lulli: A farmer
• Michele Riccardini: The maresciallo
• Eugenia Grandi: Sultana
• Piero Lulli: The driver
• Ermanno Randi: Andrea
• Enrico Tacchetti: The accountant
• Carlo Lizzani: 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 the Internet Movie Database