Film · 1951

The City Defends Itself

77 min · Directed by Pietro Germi

Crime Drama

6.117
ratings Trailer

The Sensational Venice Award Winner for the GREATEST ITALIAN FILM OF THE YEAR

Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

Daniela

Renato Baldini

Paolo Leandri

Cosetta Greco

Lina Girosi - moglie di Luigi

Paul Müller

Guido Marchi - il professore

Fausto Tozzi

Luigi Girosi

Tamara Lees

La donna del ritratto

Emma Baron

La madre di Alberto

P

Patrizia Manca

Sandrina Girosi - figlia di Lina e Luigi

F

Ferdinando Lattanzi

Il padre di Alberto

G

Giuseppe Chinnici

Commissario di polizia

V

Vincenzo Tocci

Capitano della nave

Amedeo Trilli

Conducente del tram

Vincenzo Maggio

Alberto Tosi (as Enzo Maggio)

Crew

Director: Pietro Germi
Writer: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Luigi Comencini
Editor: Rolando Benedetti
Cinematography: Carlo Montuori
Production Design: Carlo Egidi
Composer: Carlo Rustichelli
Sound: Mario Messina
Makeup: Franco Freda

Details

Studios: Società Italiana Cines
Countries: Italy
Languages: Italian
Release: October 12, 1951

Themes

robberyfootball (soccer) stadium

More Like This

Plunder Road

1957

Belly

1998

The Vault

2021

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

Siberian Education

2013

Nostalgia

2022

Play Dirty

2025

American Murderer

2022

The Rise

2012

Final Score

2018

The Drop

2014

I.D.

1995