The City Stands Trial
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Directed by	Luigi Zampa
Written by	Suso Cecchi d'Amico Diego Fabbri Ettore Giannini Francesco Rosi Turi Vasile
Produced by	Paolo Moffa
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari Silvana Pampanini Paolo Stoppa
Cinematography	Enzo Serafin
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production company	Film Costellazione
Distributed by	Film Costellazione
Release date	5 September 1952
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The City Stands Trial (Italian: Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian crime drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa. It is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in the early 1900s. It is considered to be Zampa's most accomplished film.^[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Synopsis

In Naples at the beginning of the twentieth century a double murder of husband and wife appears to be the work of the Camorra. A crusading young judge takes on the case but faces a number of threats and obstacles, and his investigation turns much of the population against him.

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