The White Line (1950)

Release Date: 1950-09-26
Runtime: 1h 22min
Production Company: Lux Film
Production Country: Italy
Director: Luigi Zampa
Writer: Piero Tellini

Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side of the line they will live. This leads to the dividing of homes, friends, families and the church and tensions run high.