Give Us This Day (1949)

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Pietro Di Donato (novel)
Ben Barzman (adaptation)

Release Date:

21 julio 1950 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City's 'Little Italy" as the locale...

Plot Keywords:

Son | Widow | Stock Footage | Futility | Worker

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Hard-hitting film

Cast

Sam Wanamaker	...	Geremio
Lea Padovani	...	Annuziata
Kathleen Ryan	...	Kathleen
Charles Goldner	...	Luigi
Bonar Colleano	...	Julio
William Sylvester	...	Giovanni (as Bill Sylvester)
George Pastell	...	The lucy (as Nino Pastellides)
Philo Hauser	...	Head of Pig
Sid James	...	Murdin
Karel Stepanek	...	Jaroslav
Ina De La Haye	...	Dame Katarina
Rosalie Crutchley	...	Julio's wife
Ronan O'Casey	...	Bastian
Robert Rietty	...	Pietro
Charles Moffat	...	Pasquale

También conocida como:

Christ in Concrete (USA) (original script title)
Salt to the Devil (USA) (working title)

Duración:

USA:120 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #13967) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Plantagenet

Trivialidades:

The film was barely released in the US because the American Legion demanded that its distributor, Eagle-Lion Pictures, pull it from release (they objected to its "anti-Christian" title and the fact that its director, Edward Dmytryk, was accused by the House Un-American Activities Committee of being a Communist) or face a boycott of all of its films. Eagle-Lion retitled the picture "Salt to the Devil", but that didn't mollify the American Legion, so the company pulled the picture.

Soundtrack:

Without Love, You're Nothing

Hard-hitting film

This rarely seen, hard-hitting film combines Depression-era melodrama with noir and social realist sensibilities. A Brooklyn bricklayer struggles to fulfill the American Dream, but his efforts seem increasingly futile in the face of modern capitalism's socioeconomic indifference. Features impressive acting, cinematography, and writing; unforgettable opening and closing sequences. Christ in Concrete was made in England by the exiled director Edward Dmytryk, one of the blacklisted Hollywood 10.