{{distinguish|Cronaca Vera}} {{Infobox film | name = Cronaca nera | image = | caption = | director = Giorgio Bianchi | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Sergio Amidei|Giorgio Bianchi|Gaspare Cataldo|Cesare Zavattini}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|María Denis|Gino Cervi|Andrea Checchi}} | music = Alessandro Cicognini | cinematography = Domenico Scala <br> Massimo Terzano | editing = Gisa Radicchi Levi | studio = Aura Film | distributor = Titanus Distribuzione | released = {{Film date|1947|02|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = | gross = }} '''''Cronaca nera''''' (Italian for '''''Black news''''') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring María Denis, Gino Cervi and Andrea Checchi.<ref name=harvard>{{cite web |url=https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/cronaca-nera-2015-06 |title=Cronaca nera |publisher=Harvard |date=2015 |website=Harvard Film Archive |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> The title refers to the section given over to crime stories in Italian newspapers.<ref name=name>{{cite book |last=Fiumi |first=Cesare |date=2006 |title=L'Italia in nera. La cronaca nera italiana nelle pagine del Corriere della Sera|language=Italian|trans-title=Italy in black. The Italian crime stories in the pages of Corriere della Sera|publisher=Rizzoli |isbn=978-8817012799}}</ref>
==Plot synopsis== A mob boss (Gino Cervi) wanted by the police takes refuge at the home of his unsuspecting associate's (Andrea Checchi) honest family, aiming to regroup his gang again when the time is right. In the process, he falls in love with his associate’s sister (María Denis) and decides to go straight.<ref name=linc>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmlinc.org/films/cronaca-nera/ |title=Cronaca nera |publisher=Lincoln Center |date=27 May 2015 |website=58th New York Film Festival |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>
==Critical reception== On the occasion of ''Cronaca nera'''s 2015 showing on Harvard's film program, the film was described as "neorealist cinema itself" and as "exemplifying the fatalism associated with noir" in "films such as ''Ossessione'' (1943)." The program also noted that "among the film’s screenwriters are Sergio Amidei and Cesare Zavattini, who between them worked on most of the postwar masterpieces by Rossellini and de Sica."<ref name=harvard/>
==Cast== * María Denis * Gino Cervi * Andrea Checchi * Giuseppe Porelli * Luigi Almirante * Manoel Roero * Renato Chiantoni * Marisa Vernati * Giannina Chiantoni * Jucci Kellerman * Luigi Pavese * Armando Guarnieri
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== Bibliography == *{{cite book |last=Stewart |first=John |date=2012 |title=Italian Film: A Who's Who|publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786467563}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0038437}}
Category:1947 crime films Category:Italian crime films Category:1947 films Category:1947 Italian-language films Category:Films directed by Giorgio Bianchi Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini Category:1947 Italian films Category:Italian-language crime films