

City of Pain
1949, Italian. Directed by Mario Bonnard.
The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 4 March 1949
- Original title
- La città dolente
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Federico Fellini, Mario Bonnard, Anton Giulio Majano
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City of Pain runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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City of Pain isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 March 1949. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed City of Pain?
City of Pain (1949) was directed by Mario Bonnard and stars Luigi Tosi, Barbara Costanova, Gianni Rizzo.