Documentary

Cortile Cascino (1962): Cast

Name: Cortile Cascino
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1962-01-02
Duration: 46 min
Cast: Angela Capra

Cortile Cascino is a 1962 documentary directed by Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young, starring Angela Capra. It runs 46 minutes.

Released: January 2, 1962
Runtime: 46 min
Directors: Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young
Genre: Documentary
Original language: English
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Cortile Cascino About?

The premise of Cortile Cascino without spoilers.

Produced for TV in 1961 but never aired, it uses cinema‑verité techniques to examine Palermo’s Cortile Cascino slum. It shows poverty, early death, and a clash between an absent church and a Mafia that runs a slaughterhouse. Women are the force, underscored by a malnourished infant’s burial; residents’ recorded, translated comments form the soundtrack.

Cortile Cascino Themes & Keywords

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Cast & crew

Cortile Cascino Cast

Angela Capra stars in Cortile Cascino. Directed by Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young.

Co-director Michael Roemer
Co-director Robert M. Young

Angela Capra as themselves

Details

Cortile Cascino Also Known As

Also known as “The Inferno”.

Also known as: The Inferno

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