Alarm Bells

Alarm Bells
Film poster
Directed by	Luigi Zampa
Produced by	Carlo Ponti
Written by	Paolo Heusch Piero Tellini
Starring	Gina Lollobrigida Yvonne Sanson Eduardo De Filippo
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release dates	16 September 1949 (1949-09-16)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Alarm Bells (Italian: Campane a martello) is a 1949 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Yvonne Sanson and Eduardo De Filippo.

Location shooting took place on Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Gherardi. A separate English-language version Children of Chance was produced. It was directed by Zampa but otherwise featured a different British cast of actors. It took around 113 million lira at the box office.

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A scene from the film featuring De Filippo, Lollobrigida and Sanson.

Plot

Agostina has been working as a prostitute during World War II, has been sending the money she has saved back to her hometown priest for safekeeping. After the war she returns to the island with her friend Australia, planning to open a clothing shop. However, she discovers that the Priest had been dead a year and his successor believing that the money was a donation has spent it all on an orphanage for those who have lost their parents in the war.

Cast

• Gina Lollobrigida as Agostina
• Yvonne Sanson as Australia
• Eduardo De Filippo as Don Andrea
• Carlo Giustini as Marco
• Carlo Romano as Gendarme
• Clelia Matania as Bianca
• Agostino Salvietti as Mayor
• Ernesto Almirante as Landowner
• Gino Saltamerenda as Butcher
• Salvatore Arcidiacono as The Pharmacist
• Ada Colangeli as Francesca
• Carlo Pisacane as Filippo the altar boy
• Francesco Santoro as Franco
• Vittoria Febbi as Connie
• Pasquale Misiano as Chauffeur

See also

• Children of Chance (1949)

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

• Campane a martello at IMDb