The Condemned of Altona (film)

The Condemned of Altona
Film poster
Directed byVittorio De Sica
Written byJean-Paul Sartre (play)
Abby Mann
Cesare Zavattini
Produced byCarlo Ponti
StarringSophia Loren
Maximilian Schell
CinematographyRoberto Gerardi
Music byDmitry Shostakovich
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
Release date
  • 30 October 1962 (1962-10-30)
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (US/ Canada rentals)

The Condemned of Altona (Italian: I sequestrati di Altona) is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. For this film Vittorio De Sica won the Academy of Italian Cinema's David di Donatello award for Best Director.