Give Us This Day is a
1949The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1949.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Adam's Rib*The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr...
British film, directed by
Edward DmytrykEdward Dmytryk was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.Although born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, Dmytryk grew up...
and starring
Sam WanamakerSamuel Wanamaker was an American film director and actor, credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.-Early years:...
. It was released in the United States as
Christ in Concrete. Another alternate title was
Salt and the Devil.
This movie was based on the novel
Christ in ConcreteChrist in Concrete is a 1939 novel by Pietro Di Donato about Italian-American construction workers.The novel was inspired by the death of Di Donato's father in a construction accident on Good Friday 1923...
by
Pietro Di DonatoPietro Di Donato was an American writer born in West Hoboken, New Jersey to parents who emigrated from the town of Vasto, in the region of Abruzzo in Italy....
. The title is taken from the
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. It tells the story of the struggles of a Brooklyn bricklayer, played by Wanamaker.
At the time this movie was made, Dmytryk had been blacklisted as a member of the Hollywood Ten. Wanamaker had also been blacklisted. The movie was filmed entirely in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
.
The film received a mixed review from New York Times film critic
Bosley CrowtherBosley Crowther was a journalist and author who was film critic for The New York Times for 27 years. His reviews and articles helped shape the careers of actors, directors and screenwriters...
. He called it "a film drama of considerable graphicness but of oddly limited power." While praising the movie for its "careful and earnest attempt to capture the hard yet wistful quality of Mr. di Donato's tale," Crowther said that "the spirit and compulsion of this deeply distressing tale of poverty and frustration are absent from the film."
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E7DD1F3BE23BBC4951DFB4678382659EDE
Cast
- Sam Wanamaker
Samuel Wanamaker was an American film director and actor, credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.-Early years:...
: Geremio
- Lea Padovani
Lea Padovani was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1945 and 1990.-Selected filmography:* Give Us This Day * The Accusation * Rome 11:00 * A Slice of Life...
: Annunziata
- Kathleen Ryan
Kathleen Ryan was an Irish actress.She was born in Dublin, Ireland of Tipperary parentage and was a spirited and heart warming Irish actress who appeared in British and Hollywood movies between 1947 and 1957...
: Kathleen
- Charles Goldner
Charles Goldner was an Austrian-born actor who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Vienna in 1900, he made his screen debut in the 1940 film Room for Two and went on to appear in Brighton Rock, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, Bond Street and The Captain's...
: Luigi
- Bonar Colleano
Bonar Colleano was a charismatic, American-born British stage and motion-picture performer.-Birth:Colleano was born Bonar Sullivan in New York City. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he entered films in 1944...
: Julio
- William Sylvester
William Sylvester was an American TV and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey...
: Giovanni
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