''Days are Numbered'' ( it, I giorni contati) is a 1962 Italian film directed by
Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film ''Investigation ...
.
It was awarded best film at the
Mar del Plata Film Festival
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...
.
It also won the
Silver Ribbon
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...
for Best Original Story.
Cast
*Salvo Randone
Salvatore "Salvo" Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991) was an Italian theatrical, television and film actor.
Born in Syracuse, Sicily, Randone debuted on stage in mid-1920s and, after some years in which he played roles of little we ...
as Cesare
* Franco Sportelli as Amilcare
*Regina Bianchi
Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress.
Life and career
Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change he ...
as Giulia
*Lando Buzzanca
Gerlando "Lando" Buzzanca (24 August 1935 – 18 December 2022) was an Italian stage, film, and television actor whose career spanned 65 years.
Life and career
Early years
Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buz ...
as the child
* Paolo Ferrari as Vinicio
*Vittorio Caprioli
Vittorio Caprioli (15 August 1921 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990, mostly in French productions.
Biography
Caprioli was born in Naples. Having graduated fr ...
as mercante d'arte
*Giulio Battiferri
Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career ...
as Spartaco
Release
''Days are Numbered'' was released on March 25, 1962 at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...
.
References
Sources
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External links
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1962 films
Italian drama films
1962 drama films
Films directed by Elio Petri
Films with screenplays by Tonino Guerra
Films set in Rome
Titanus films
1960s Italian films
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