City of Pain

City of Pain

99 mins | Drama | March 4, 1949

The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.

City of Pain

99 mins | Drama | March 4, 1949

City of Pain
The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Scalera Film S.p.a., Istria
Original title La città dolente
Directors Ermete Tamberlani, Alberto Cardone, Mario Bonnard
Writers Mario Bonnard, Aldo De Benedetti, Anton Giulio Majano, Federico Fellini

Cast

Luigi Tosi

as Berto

Barbara Costanova

as Silvana

Gianni Rizzo

as Sergio

Constance Dowling

as Lubiza

Elio Steiner

as Martini

Attilio Dottesio

as Il fuggiasco

Felice Minotti

as Il padre di Maria

Gustavo Serena

as Il frate francescano

Raimondo Van Riel

as Don Felice

Milly Vitale

as Maria

Aristide Garbini

as Cesare

Ivo Karavani

as La spia slava