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Il gobbo (internationally released as The Hunchback of Rome) is a 1960 Italian crime-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.[1] It is loosely based on the real life events of Giuseppe Albano, an Italian partisan that was one of the protagonists, from 1943 to 1945, of the Roman Resistance against German occupation.[2][3]

The Hunchback of Rome
Directed by	Carlo Lizzani
Written by	Tommaso Chiaretti Carlo Lizzani Luciano Vincenzoni Ugo Pirro
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Gérard Blain
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni Aldo Tonti Giuseppe Aquari
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica
Release date	1960
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Alvaro fights during World War II against the Nazis and soon becomes a partisan leader. The other resistance fighters eventually dismiss him because they find his behaviour inacceptable. After the war he doesn't return to a normal life but turns into a foolhardy gangster.

Cast

• Gérard Blain: Alvaro Cosenza
• Anna Maria Ferrero: Nina
• Pier Paolo Pasolini: Leandro
• Bernard Blier: Maresciallo
• Nino Castelnuovo: Cencio
• Enzo Cerusico: Scheggia
• Ivo Garrani: Moretti
• Lars Bloch: German torturer
• Alex Nicol: U.S. official
• Franco Balducci: Pellaccia
• Guido Celano

References

External links

• The Hunchback of Rome at IMDb
• The Hunchback of Rome at Rotten Tomatoes

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