• Source: The Walls of Malapaga

      • The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles (Beyond the Gates), is a 1949 French-Italian drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda and Andrea Checchi. It was a co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione, produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. The music score was by Roman Vlad and the cinematography by Louis Page. It was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome with sets designed by the art director Piero Filippone and Luigi Gervasi.


      Plot summary


      French criminal on the run Pierre Arrignon finds himself in Genoa, where he falls in love with local woman Marta Manfredini (Isa Miranda). The film is set in Italy, and the dialogue is primarily in French.


      Cast


      Jean Gabin as Pierre Arrignon
      Isa Miranda as Marta Manfredini
      Vera Talchi as Cecchina, Marta's daughter
      Andrea Checchi as Giuseppe, Marta's husband
      Robert Dalban as the mariner
      Ave Ninchi as Maria, the neighbour
      Checco Rissone as the forger
      Renato Malavasi as the dentist
      Carlo Tamberlani as the inspector
      Vittorio Duse as the agent


      Awards


      The Walls of Malapaga was highly regarded in its day: It won an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and both Clément and Miranda won awards at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.


      References




      External links



      The Walls of Malapaga at IMDb
      Synopsis at AllMovie
      The Walls of Malapaga at the TCM Movie Database

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