Fugitive in Trieste

1951 film

Fugitive in Trieste

Film poster

Directed by| Guido Salvini
Written by|

* Camillo Del Signore
* Diego Fabbri
* Turi Vasile

Starring|

* Doris Duranti
* Jacques Sernas
* Edda Albertini
* Massimo Girotti

Cinematography| Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by| Mario Serandrei
Music by| Fiorenzo Carpi

Production
company

Astor Pictures Corporation

Distributed by| Variety Distribution

Release dates

* 1951 (1951) (Italy)
* 28 January 1954 (1954-01-28) (United States)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Fugitive in Trieste (Italian: Clandestino a Trieste) is a 1951 Italian war-drama film directed by Guido Salvini and starring Doris Duranti, Jacques Sernas and Massimo Girotti.[1]

## Plot

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Giulio (Jacques Sernas), an Italian Air Force officer is arrested by Allied forces who believe he has deliberately bombed a hospital ship during World War II. Through the efforts of Lida (Doris Duranti), his sweetheart, a witness is found who proves the bombing was not intentional but the result of being hit by enemy fire.

## Cast

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* Doris Duranti as Lida
* Jacques Sernas as Giulio
* Massimo Girotti as Fred Nolan, Il falso giornalista
* Edda Albertini as Marcella
* Giovanni Grasso as Ispettore di Polizia
* Cesare Polacco as Autista di taxi
* Carlo D'Angelo
* Charles Fawcett
* Vittorio Sanipoli
* Alberto Bonucci
* Giancarlo Sbragia
* Gianni Bonagura

## Production

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Fugitive in Trieste was one of a number of films of the era, including the British production Sleeping Car to Trieste (1946) and American Diplomatic Courier (1952) that used Trieste as a backdrop. These films often highlighted its cosmopolitan nature and as a borderline between different powers due to the Trieste question.[2]

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Pizzi 2001, p. 61.
2. ^ "he Current Situation in the Free Territory of Trieste." CIA, 1948. Retrieved: 22 June 2017.

### Bibliography

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* Pizzi, Katia (2001). A City in Search of an Author: The Literary Identity of Trieste. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-84127-284-9.

## External links

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* Fugitive in Trieste at IMDb

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