''Il processo di Verona'' (internationally released as ''The Verona Trial'') is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 1944 Verona trial, in which Galeazzo Ciano, Emilio De Bono,

Giovanni Marinelli Giovanni Marinelli (18 October 1879 – 11 January 1944) was an Italian Fascist political leader. Marinelli was born in Adria, Veneto. A wealthy man, he contributed to Fascist success by financing the March on Rome. As secretary of the National ...

and other eminent Fascist officials (

Carlo Pareschi Carlo Pareschi (19 August 1898 – 11 January 1944) was an Italian Fascist politician, member of the Grand Council of Fascism and minister of agriculture of the Kingdom of Italy from 1941 to 1943. Biography A renowned agronomist, he fought i ...

and

Luciano Gottardi Luciano Gottardi (Ferrara, 18 February 1899 – Verona, 11 January 1944) was an Italian Fascism, Fascist politician and trade unionist. Biography The son of a small farmer, he participated in the First World War initially as a private in the tel ...

) were sentenced to death and almost immediately executed by a shooting detachment, while

Tullio Cianetti Tullio Cianetti (20 August 1899, in Assisi – 8 April 1976, in Maputo, Mozambique) was an Italian fascist politician who was well known for his work with the trade unions. The son of a farmer, Cianetti was conscripted in 1917 and served as a ...

was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. For her portrayal of Edda Mussolini-Ciano, Silvana Mangano won the two major Italian film awards, the

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

for Best Actress and the Silver Ribbon in the same category.

Cast

* Silvana Mangano as

Edda Ciano Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari (''née'' Mussolini; 1 September 1910 – 9 April 1995) was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator from 1922 to 1943. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister ...

(Mussolini's daughter; Ciano's wife) * Frank Wolff as count Galeazzo Ciano (Mussolini's son-in-law and former Minister of Foreign Affairs) * Vivi Gioi as Donna Rachele (Mussolini's wife) *

Françoise Prévost Françoise Prévost (c. 1680 in Paris – 1741 in Paris) was a French ballerina who helped establish dramatic dance in the early world of classical ballet. She was expressive, light and dramatic in style. In 1699, Prevost debuted at the Paris O ...

as Frau Beetz (a member of a German Secret Service) * Salvo Randone as Andrea Fortunato (public prosecutor) *

Giorgio De Lullo Giorgio De Lullo (24 April 1921 – 10 July 1981) was an Italian actor and stage director. Born in Rome, in 1943 De Lullo enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, but after two years he was forced to leave the courses as he had ...

as Alessandro Pavolini * Ivo Garrani as Roberto Farinacci * Andrea Checchi as Dino Grandi * Henri Serre as Emilio Pucci * Claudio Gora as Judge Vincenzo Cersosimo *

Carlo D'Angelo Carlo D'Angelo (February 2, 1919 – June 9, 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala. A ...

as Console Vianini * Umberto D'Orsi as

Filippo Scelzo Filippo Scelzo (19 April 1900 – 9 October 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than forty films including '' Red Passport'' in which he played the male lead.Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian ...

Andrea Bosic Andrea Bosic (15 August 1919 – 8 January 2012) was an Italian film actor of Slovene origin. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1951 and 1985, mainly in films called Spaghetti Westerns. He has appeared in films alongside John Philli ...

Gennaro Di Gregorio Januarius ( ; la, Ianuarius; Neapolitan and it, Gennaro), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later ...

as Emilio De Bono

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* 1963 films Italian drama films Films directed by Carlo Lizzani Films set in 1943 Films set in 1944 Films with screenplays by Ugo Pirro Films produced by Dino De Laurentiis Films scored by Mario Nascimbene 1963 drama films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub

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