Give Us This Day ( Christ in Concrete ) ( Salt to the Devil )

Give Us This Day (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Christ in Concrete
Alternate Title: Salt to the Devil
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1949 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Edward Dmytryk

Written By:
Pietro Di Donato
Ben Barzman

Actors:
Sam Wanamaker ..... Geremio
Lea Padovani ..... Annuziata
Kathleen Ryan ..... Kathleen
Charles Goldner ..... Luigi
Bonar Colleano ..... Julio
William Sylvester ..... Giovanni
George Pastell ..... The lucy
Philo Hauser ..... Head of Pig
Sid James ..... Murdin
Karel Stepanek ..... Jaroslav
Ina De La Haye ..... Dame Katarina
Rosalie Crutchley ..... Julio's wife
Ronan O'Casey ..... Bastian
Robert Rietty ..... Pietro
Charles Moffat ..... Pasquale

Synopsis:

Geremio, a young Italian immigrant to New York City, works as a bricklayer and is courting an Italian girl, Annunziata, by mail. He lies to her that he owns his own home and, after they are married, has to rent one for their three-day honeymoon. The years pass and they are unable to save enough money to get out of their slum tenement, and the 1929 depression brings even harder times to the family that now includes three children. Geremio, in order to make enough money to care for his family, exploits his 'comrades' in dangerous construction work. This practice leads to the accidental death of his best friend, and, in grief, Geremio also becomes unfaithful to his wife. The messages of the film -- life is aimless and no man can judge the true worth of another man -- are pounded on for most of the two-hour running time.

On the outs in Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis. Perhaps had it been made in Hollywood as intended, Give Us This Day would not have been allowed to run on for 120 minutes, nor would the actors have been permitted to indulge in terminal sanctimony. Based on Pietro di Donato's novel Christ in Concrete, Give Us This Day was released in the US under the intriguing title Salt to the Devil.

Geremio is a young Italian-American bricklayer. The film tells of his struggles during the depression of the 1920's to keep his wife who has come over from Italy and is disillusioned by the life she finds she has to live. Finally he dies in an accident on the building site.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 19 December, 2010.

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