No_Favorite. EMBED. Classifications Dewey Decimal Class 842.914 Library of Congress PQ2637.A82 S43 … Its subject is the von Gerlach family, whose shipbuilding empire spanned both the Third Reich and Germany's postwar rebirth. 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. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? With Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Robert Wagner. Top 200 of all time 150 Essential Comedies. The condemned of Altona a play in five acts This edition was published in 1961 by Vintage Books in New York. Classifications Dewey Decimal Class 842.914 Library of Congress PQ2637.A82 S43 … Edition Notes Translation of Les séquestrés d'Altona. The condemned of Altona a play in five acts This edition was published in 1961 by Vintage Books in New York. I sequestrati di Altona / The Condemned of Altona (Vittorio de Sica, 1962) 8/10 Every family has a skeleton in the closet and the one in this story has a raving Nazi. Jean-Paul Sartre's play about the post-war problems of a German family. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! The Condemned of Altona is wordy and somewhat unnecessarily intricate. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Series Vintage books -- V-238. For this film Vittorio De Sica won the David di Donatello for Best Director. A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact. The Condemned of Altona is an act of judgment on the twentieth century, which might have been an admirable era (the closing lines tell us) if man had not been threatened by ‘the cruel enemy who had sworn to destroy him, that hairless, evil, flesh-eating beast—man himself. Best Horror Movies. Sophia Loren, Fredric March, Maximilian Schell, Robert Wagner, Francoise Prevost. The Condemned of Altona Quotes. Movie & TV guides. Series Vintage books -- V-238. The Condemned of Altona Photos View All Photos (4) Movie Info. A dying German shipbuilder wants his youngest son to take over the family business. The paterfamilias, referred to strictly as Father in the play, has two sons and a daughter. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Edition Notes Translation of Les séquestrés d'Altona. The Condemned of Altona Filmed on location in Hamburg, with interiors in Italy, this tale of post-war Germany, as symbolized by the members of one family, is undoubtedly anti-German. The condemned of Altona; a play in five acts Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item.