The Wastrel

{{short description|1961 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Wastrel | image = Il relitto.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Michael Cacoyannis | producer = Angelo Ferrara | writer = Suso Cecchi d'Amico<br>Michael Cacoyannis<br>Frederic Wakeman, Sr. | starring = Ellie Lambeti | music = Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | cinematography = Piero Portalupi | editing = Alberto Gallitti | distributor = | released = {{film date|df=yes|1961}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = Italy<br>Cyprus | language = English | budget = }}

'''''The Wastrel''''' ({{langx|it|'''Il relitto'''}}) is a 1961 Italian-Cypriot drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Ellie Lambeti. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3233/year/1961.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Wastrel |access-date=22 February 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

==Cast== * Ellie Lambeti as Mrs. Bell * Van Heflin as Duncan Bell * Franco Fabrizi as Rudi Veronese * Fosco Giachetti as Captain Hugh Hardy * Annie Gorassini as Monique * Clelia Matania as Betsy * Renata Mauro as Moglie del governatore * Tiberio Mitri as Macniff * Paul Muller * Rosalba Neri as La ragazza nel night club

==See also== * List of Cypriot films * ''Attilas '74'' * ''Akamas''

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==External links== {{wiktionary|wastrel}} *{{IMDb title|id=0055364|title=The Wastrel}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wastrel, The}} Category:1961 films Category:Cypriot drama films Category:English-language Italian films Category:1961 drama films Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Michael Cacoyannis Category:Films shot in Cyprus Category:Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico Category:Italian drama films Category:1961 English-language films Category:1961 Italian films Category:English-language drama films Category:Cypriot black-and-white films