The Challenge (1958)
La Sfida
Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
- Date of release
- 1958-09-11
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Francesco Rosi
Casting
- Rosanna Schiaffino — Assunta
- José Suárez — Vito Polara
- Nino Vingelli — Gennaro
- Decimo Cristiani — Salvatore Ajello
- José Jaspe — Raffaele
- Tina Castigliano — Madre di Vito
- Pasquale Cennamo — Fernando Ajello
- Elsa Valentino Ascoli — Madre di Assunta
- Ubaldo Granata — Califano
- Ezio Vergari — Antonio
- Rosita Pisano — La lavandaia (Uncredited)
- Guglielmo Spoletini
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
La sfida 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.
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