La sfida
1958 Italian film
- 6 September 1958 (1958-09-06) (Italy)
Spain
La sfida ("the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy. It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The film is based on the real-life story of Camorra boss Pasquale Simonetti, known as Pasquale 'e Nola, and his wife and former beauty queen Pupetta Maresca, played by Rosanna Schiaffino.[1]
It was produced by the Italian companies Cinecittà and Vides Cinematografica and the Spanish companies Lux Film and Suevia Films.
References
- ^ Una Donna, la Camorra e Napoli. Reccontati dal cinema e dalla stampa, dissertation, July 2007
External links
- La sfida at IMDb
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Films directed by Francesco Rosi
- La sfida (1958)
- The Magliari (1959)
- Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
- Hands over the City (1963)
- The Moment of Truth (1965)
- More Than a Miracle (1967)
- Many Wars Ago (1970)
- The Mattei Affair (1972)
- Lucky Luciano (1973)
- Illustrious Corpses (1976)
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
- Three Brothers (1981)
- Carmen (1984)
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
- The Palermo Connection (1990)
- The Truce (1997)
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