Twelve Hours to Live

Overview

After dying in a car accident, wealthy shoe industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil while alive. Defending himself against the accusation in an impassioned plea, however, he succeeds in obtaining to return to earth for a few hours to make reparation for the evil he committed and, above all, for the bad deed that caused Amedeo Santini's suicide attempt. The affair will lead him to make a risky but happy choice.

Directed by Luigi Zampa

Top cast

Jean Gabin

Carlo Bacchi

Elli Parvo

Lidia Guidi, l'amante di Carlo Bacchi

Antonella Lualdi

Maria, la nipote di Santini

P

Paola Borboni

Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi

Carlo Sposito

il duca Luca Sorino

Elena Altieri

la contessa

M

Maso Lotti

Nanni, il fidanzato di Maria

Bella Starace Sainati

M

Marga Cella

Dante Maggio

Mariella Lotti

Julien Carette

Nerio Bernardi

C

Ciro Berardi

Fausto Guerzoni

Ada Colangeli

Louis de Funès

D

Dóra Fáy Kiss

L

Livio Giorgi

Gorella Gori

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