His Last Twelve Hours
Film poster
Directed byLuigi Zampa
Written byCesare Zavattini
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Vitaliano Brancati
Produced byCarlo Civallero
StarringJean Gabin
Mariella Lotti
Elli Parvo
CinematographyCarlo Montuori
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byNino Rota
Production
companies
Distributed byENIC
Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 14 February 1951 (1951-02-14)
Running time
81 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageItalian

His Last Twelve Hours (French: Pour l'amour du ciel, Italian: È più facile che un cammello...) is a 1951 French-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jean Gabin, Mariella Lotti and Elli Parvo.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia near Cinecittà in Rome.[2]

Plot

Died in a car accident, the wealthy footwear industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil when he was alive. Defending himself from the accusation in a passionate harangue, however, he manages to get back to earth for a few hours, in order to repair the evil committed and above all the bad deed that caused Amedeo Santini's attempted suicide.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: His Last Twelve Hours". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
  2. ^ Chiti & Poppi p.139

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Films directed by Luigi Zampa
Nino Rota
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