| The Walk | |
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| Directed by | Renato Rascel |
| Screenplay by | Turi Vasile Diego Fabbri Ugo Guerra Giorgio Prosperi Franco Rossi Cesare Zavattini Enzo Curreli Renato Rascel |
| Starring | Renato Rascel Valentina Cortese |
| Cinematography | Vaclav Vich |
| Music by | Giovanni Militello |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Walk (Italian: La passeggiata) is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Renato Rascel and starring Rascel, Valentina Cortese and Paolo Stoppa. It is very loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story Nevsky Prospekt. It grossed 148 million lire at the Italian box office.
Plot
A timid schoolteacher attempts to fall in love with a prostitute. In the process he loses his position. He finds that she is hard to convince.
Cast
- Renato Rascel as Paolo Barbato
- Valentina Cortese as Lisa
- Paolo Stoppa as Headmaster of the College
- Peppino De Martino as Luigi Magri
- Francesco Mulé as Teacher
- Anna Maria Bottini as Lisa's Friend
- Lia Angeleri as Teacher
- Tino Bianchi as Teacher
- Ignazio Leone as Teacher
- Enzo Maggio
- Lina Marengo
References
- Pietro Cavallo. Viva l’Italia. Storia, cinema ed identità nazionale (1932-1962). Liguori Edit., 2009. ISBN 9788820749149.
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
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