La Storia (1986)
Directed by Luigi Comencini

Drama
aka: History

Film Synopsis

Ida is a schoolteacher who is haunted by her concealed Jewish origins.  A widow, she lives with her 15-year-old son Nino.  In 1941, she was raped by a German soldier and consequently gave birth to another child, Useppe.  This was just the beginning of a series of terrible incidents which ended six years later with the death of Nino and Useppe...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Luigi Comencini
  • Script: Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Cristina Comencini, Luigi Comencini, Elsa Morante (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Franco Di Giacomo
  • Music: Fiorenzo Carpi
  • Cast: Claudia Cardinale (Ida Ramundo), Francisco Rabal (Remo), Lambert Wilson (Carlo Vivaldi), Andrea Spada (Useppe), Antonio Degli Schiavi (Mino), Fiorenzo Fiorentini (Cucchiarelli), Tobias Hoesl (Günther), Caroline Lang (Anita), Anna Recchimuzzi (Mercedes), Maria Teresa Albani (Vilma), Silvana De Santis (Santina), Ester Carloni, Amelia Del Frate, Raffaele Di Mario, Leila Durante, Maria Raffaella Faggiano, Mario Ferrara, Susy Lover, Norma Martelli, Victor Poletti
  • Country: Italy / France / West Germany / Spain
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 150 min
  • Aka: History

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