| The Walls of Malapaga | |
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 Original French film poster | |
| Directed by | René Clément |
| Written by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost (adaptation and dialogue) Cesare Zavattini Suso Cecchi d'Amico Alfredo Guarini (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Alfredo Guarini |
| Starring | Jean Gabin Isa Miranda |
| Cinematography | Louis Page |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
Production companies | Italia Produzione Francinex |
| Distributed by | MGM (1949 Italian release) Films International (1950 US release) |
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Running time | France: 95 mins Italy: 104 minutes United States: 89 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Languages | French Italian |
| Box office | 2,018,745 admissions (France)[1] |
The Walls of Malapaga (Italian:Le mura di Malapaga,French:Au-delà des grilles,lit. 'Beyond the Gates'), is a 1949 French-Italiandrama film directed byRené Clément and starringJean Gabin,Isa Miranda andAndrea Checchi. It was a co-production made byFrancinex and Italia Produzione, produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay byCesare Zavattini,Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. The music score was byRoman Vlad and the cinematography byLouis Page. It was made at theFarnesina Studios ofTitanus inRome with sets designed by theart directorPiero Filippone andLuigi Gervasi.
French criminal on the run Pierre Arrignon finds himself inGenoa, where he falls in love with local woman Marta Manfredini (Isa Miranda). The film is set in Italy, and the dialogue is primarily in French.
The Walls of Malapaga was highly regarded in its day: It won an honoraryAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and both Clément and Miranda won awards at the1949 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
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