The City Stands Trial (1952)

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Country: Italy
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release:
Director: Luigi Zampa
Writers: Suso Cecchi D’Amico , Diego Fabbri , Ettore Giannini , Francesco Rosi
Language: Italian
Stars: Amedeo Nazzari , Silvana Pampanini , Paolo Stoppa , Dante Maggio , Franco Interlenghi , Irene Galter , Gualtiero Tumiati , Tina Pica , Turi Pandolfini , Franca Tamantini
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: 3 wins
AKA: Das Lied vom Verrat (Austria) , Proceso a la ciudad (Spain) , Das Lied vom Verrat , Katigoro tin politeia (Greece) , Åklagaren (Sweden) , Cidade da Perdição (Brazil) , Processo alla città (Italy) , Les Coupables (France, French Republic) , Per a város ellen (Hungary) , Proces przeciw miastu (Poland) , Proces mod en by (Denmark) , The City Stands Trial (United States of America) , Ondskapens by (Norway) , Cidade da Pardição (Brazil) , Angst en schandaal (Belgium) , Processo alla città , Prozeß in Neapel , Stadt ohne Moral , Les coupables (Canada) , Proces przeciwko miastu (Poland) , Peur et scandale (Belgium) , Processo Contra a Cidade (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)Åklagaren, Cidade da Pardição, Das Lied vom Verrat, Katigoro tin politeia, Les coupables, Proces mod en by, Proces przeciw miastu, Processo Contra a Cidade, Prozeß in Neapel, Stadt ohne Moral, 满城风雨
Plot: Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated. Many people are questioned, even those apparently above suspicion. Deciding to get to the bottom of the matter, the judge keeps all the suspects under arrest, causing a backlash of public opinion. But in the face of passive resistance which he finds everywhere, even from his own colleagues and family, he begins to feel discouraged and is about to give up the investigation when a new piece of evidence comes to light. The information causes the death of an innocent man, but it revives in the judge the conscience of his own responsibility. He carries on with the case regardless, even if it means placing under house arrest the entire city.
IMDB:tt0045054