Before the Jury (1931)
1h 6m
Running Time
January 31, 1931
Release Date
Before the Jury (1931)
1h 6m
Running Time
January 31, 1931
Release Date
Plot.
During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
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Cast & Crew.

Renzo Ricci
Aroldo Cramoli

Marcella Albani
Leda Astorri

Carlo Ninchi
Marcello Barra

Lia Franca
Dora Bardi

Elio Steiner
Giulio Alberti

Elvira Marchionni
Cognata di Marcello

Giovanni Cimara
Carlo Astorri

Camillo De Rossi
Adolfo Calandri

Vasco Creti
Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri

Franco Coop
Carlo Lirossi, il portiere di casa Calandri

Giorgio Bianchi
Lo sconosciuto

Luigi Carini
Presidente del tribunale

Raimondo Van Riel
Procuratore generale

Oreste Fares
Avvocato difensore

Umberto Sacripante
Cancelliere

Pietro Sassoli
Composer

Mercedes Brignone
Un'invitata al ricevimento

Gino Sabbatini
Un invitato al ricevimento

Ubaldo Arata
Cinematographer

Massimo Terzano
Cinematographer

Giuseppe Pierozzi
Un giurato

Gastone Medin
ProductionDesigner

Guido Brignone
Director / Writer

Giuseppe Romualdi
Story

Mario Serandrei
Writer

Clara Di Marignano

Rosetta Calavetta

Alfredo Martinelli

Augusto Bandini

Franz Sala
Media.

Details.
Release Date
January 31, 1931
Original Name
Corte d'Assise
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 6m
Genres
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Wiki.
Before the Jury (Italian title: Corte d'Assise) is a 1931 Italian crime film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marcella Albani, Lia Franca and Carlo Ninchi. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film is a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.