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Lost Youth
Directed byPietro Germi
Written byPietro Germi
Mario Monicelli
Antonio Pietrangeli
Enzo Provenzale
Leopoldo Trieste
Produced byCarlo Ponti
StarringMassimo Girotti
Jacques Sernas
Carla Del Poggio
Distributed byLux Film
Release dates
October 26, 1949
(American release)
LanguageItalian

Lost Youth (Italian: Gioventù perduta) is a 1948 Italian-language drama film directed by Pietro Germi. The style of the film is close to the Italian neorealism film movement. It was remade in 1953 as the British film Black 13.

Two important future film directors, Mario Monicelli & Antonio Pietrangeli, co-wrote the script.

Cast

Awards

The film won 2 Nastro d'Argento awards: Best Script, Best Best Foreign Actor in Italian Film (Jacques Sernas).