The Testimony (1946 film)

The Testimony (Italian: Il testimone) is 1946 Italian crime film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti and Ernesto Almirante. It is one of several films regarded as an antecedent of the later giallo thrillers.^[1] The film was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo.

The Testimony
Directed by	Pietro Germi
Written by	Diego Fabbri Cesare Zavattini Enrico Ribulsi Ottavio Alessi Pietro Germi
Starring	Roldano Lupi Marina Berti Ernesto Almirante Sandro Ruffini
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Gisa Radicchi Levi
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production company	Orbis Film
Distributed by	CEIAD
Release date	15 February 1946 (1946-02-15)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Roldano Lupi as Pietro Scotti
• Marina Berti as Linda
• Ernesto Almirante as Giuseppe Marchi, il testimone
• Sandro Ruffini as L'avvocato difensore
• Cesare Fantoni as Il padrone dell' osteria
• Arnoldo Foà as L'impiegato dell' anagrafe
• Dino Maronetto as Andrea, il condanato
• Marcella Melnati as La padrone di casa
• Alfredo Salvatori
• Petr Sharov as Il pubblico ministero
• Pietro Fumelli
• Angelo Calabrese
• Vittorio Cottafavi
• Giovanni Petrucci