A former General comes back to Trieste to live with his cousins.
Cinematography
Trieste's crumbling grandeur shot like a funeral.
Acting
Cuny's General: dignity rotting from within.
Direction
Giraldi channels Visconti by way of Italian TV.
Director
Franco Giraldi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Trieste during a period when the city itself was struggling with identity post-WWII.
Giraldi was Visconti's assistant director, and this rare TV film carries that aristocratic decay DNA.
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