The Sky Is Red

Story

Synopsis

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone in the world he meets Tullio, a disbanded boy who lives in an abandoned area with some girls, Carla, an eighteen year old girl who works as a prostitute, Giulia, younger and sick of tuberculosis, and a girl, Maria.

Director

Claudio Gora

Writers

Giuseppe Berto, Cesare Zavattini, Lamberto Giuseppe Santilli

Language

Italian

Release date

15 March 1950

Ensemble

Cast

• Mischa Auer Jr.

  Daniele

• 

  Jacques Sernas

  Tullio

• 

  Marina Berti

  Carla

• 

  Anna Maria Ferrero

  Guilia

• Vittoria Giuditta Rità

  Maria

• Liliana Tellini

  Nora

• 

  Lauro Gazzolo

  The shoemaker

• Anna Zander

• Margherita Bossi