The Mill on the Po (1950)

Original title

Il mulino del Po

Directed by

Alberto Lattuada

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles to maintain their mill on the Po River in 19th century Italy. The film follows their personal conflicts against a backdrop of social and political change.

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What happens

The Mill on the Po (Italian: Il mulino del Po) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas and Mario Besesti. It is based on the third part of the novel of the same name by Riccardo Bacchelli. It premiered at the 1949 Venice Film Festival. The films was produced and distributed by Lux Film, one of Italy's leading companies of the postwar years. Extensive location shooting took place around Lombardy including at Bagnolo San Vito, Porto Mantovano and Curtatone. The films sets were designed by the art director Luigi Gervasi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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