Ossessione

Date: 1943
Director: Luchino Visconti
Production Company: Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane (ICI)

Stars: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani
Location(s): Emilia-Romagna and Marche (Italy)

Region(s):

Storyline:

A young and handsome tramp wanders into a roadside inn run by a woman who is unsatisfied with her older husband and the pair begin an affair.

Additional Information:

Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill.

 

Buy this film on Amazon link

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Can you help:

If you have any information regarding this production, the locations or, even better, some comparison shots please contact us. Images submitted must be in Landscape orientation, as would be seen on the cinema screen, not Portrait.

We are aware that there are films on the site that were added when the criteria for the inclusion of locations was very different from today and, as a result, there may be scenes missing from some productions. Please do not forward additional screen captures to us but bring the detail to our attention, for we do, and are, 're-addressing' these older entries as time allows.

  • Capture 1
  • 'Now' required

A Lorry Driver calls for gas after pulling up outside the Dogana, a roadhouse in Italy's Po Valley.

  • Capture 2
  • 'Now' required

Giuseppe Bragana (Juan de Landa) comes out of the building to greet his customers and notices a tramp asleep on the back of the truck. The story is based on The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain.

  • Capture 3
  • 'Now' required

The tramp, Gino Costa (Massimo Girotti), wanders towards the trattoria where he discovers the owners wife at work in the kitchen. This appears to be along the banks of the River Po near Boretto, in the province of Reggio Emilia.

  • Capture 4
  • 'Now' required

Bragana calls Gino back after he leaves without paying for his meal.

  • Capture 5
  • 'Now' required

Two drinkers / hunters leave the trattoria as Bragana and Gino head back to the building. It's possible that this building stood alongside via Argine Cisa in Boretto.

  • Capture 6
  • 'Now' required

Gino works on a broken pump as Bragana and Father Remigio (Michele Riccardini) set out for Codigoro.

  • Capture 7
  • 'Now' required

Soon after the Father and Giuseppe Bragana ride away, Gino makes love with Giovanna.

  • Capture 8
  • 'Now' required

Giovanna Bragana (Clara Calamai) tells her lover that she can't continue, as the two run away from the trattoria together.

  • Capture 9
  • 'Now' required

Gino arrives in Ancona with a travelling fortune teller that he met on the train journey to the Adriatic port. Via Guglielmo Marconi with Ancona railway station in the background.

  • Capture 10
  • 'Now' required

Giuseppe 'Lo Spagnolo' (Elio Marcuzzo) decides that they should look for rooms. Guido confirms that this is Via Guglielmo Marconi in Ancona, Marche adding that the tower in background is also seen in image osse09.

  • Capture 11
  • 'Now' required

The next day, Gino stands at the empty harbour with thoughts of finding work on a ship. Santa Maria Pier in Ancona.

  • Capture 12
  • 'Now' required

Leaving the harbour, Gino walks back to the lodgings. Facing north on Via Enrico Cialdini, Ancona.

  • Capture 13
  • 'Now' required

As Gino arrives, Spagnolo is leaving. Via Enrico Cialdini, Ancona 60122. Guido advises that the building is number 29A and still exists.

  • Capture 14
  • 'Now' required

The pair set off together. Via Enrico Cialdini where the buildings remain much as they were.

  • Capture 15
  • 'Now' required

Climbing up the hill, Gino and Spagnolo head towards the Cathedral. Via Enrico Cialdini in Ancona, Marche. Guido catches out the film makers as the Cathedral is actually in the opposite direction.

  • Capture 16
  • 'Now' required

The two look down onto the harbour. Overlooking the Port of Ancona from Piazzale del Duomo.

  • Capture 17
  • 'Now' required

Gino and Spagnolo sit beneath the Cathedral before making their way to the fair to perform. The wall above Via Papa Giovanni XXIII with Duomo di Ancona as the background.

  • Capture 18
  • 'Now' required

After being spotted at the fair by Giovanna Bragana and her husband, Gino accompanies them from the Amici's bar. This is Scalinata Nappi in Ancona.

  • Capture 19
  • 'Now' required

The camera follows as the three descend Scalinata Nappi. The area was destroyed during an air raid a few months after filming but the stairs were rebuilt.

  • Capture 20
  • 'Now' required

Bragana asks his wife when they will have a baby before the three return to the Dogana together. The bottom of Scalinata Nappi with Piazza del Senato visible to the right. Guido tells us that the building opposite the end of the street is Palazzo Ferretti, now Marche National Museum.

  • Capture 21
  • 'Now' required

Some weeks after the suspicious death of Giuseppe Bragana on the drive home from the fair, Spagnolo arrives to find Gino living and working at the trattoria with Giovanna.

  • Capture 22
  • 'Now' required

The friends walk from the busy trattoria as they talk.

  • Capture 23
  • 'Now' required

The camera moves with the pair as they make for the water's edge.

  • Capture 24
  • 'Now' required

At the riverside, Spagnolo tells Gino that he's leaving, hoping that the wanderer would go with him.

  • Capture 25
  • 'Now' required

After the two argue, Gino runs to follow Spagnolo before stopping and returning to the Dogana.

  • Capture 26
  • 'Now' required

With tensions rising in the relationship, Gino sits beside the door as the last guests leave the trattoria.

  • Capture 27
  • 'Now' required

Gino waits for Giovanna as she visits officials in Ferrara. This is Piazza della Repubblica.

  • Capture 28
  • 'Now' required

As Giovanna deals with her husband's estate, Gino walks through Piazza della Repubblica. In the right background stands the Castello Estense beyond Piazzetta del Castello.

  • Capture 29
  • 'Now' required

The former drifter approaches a woman, Anita (Dhia Cristiani), who sits knitting in the square. Piazza della Repubblica in Ferrara.

  • Capture 30
  • 'Now' required

Taken by the young dancer, Gino sits next to her. Piazza della Repubblica.

  • Capture 31
  • 'Now' required

Gino buys an ice cream for Anita as, elsewhere, the police continue to investigate Bragana's death. Piazza della Repubblica, Ferrara.

  • Capture 32
  • 'Now' required

Anita takes her leave and, noticing the interest in her, a stranger tells Gino where she lives. Facing west in Piazza della Repubblica.

  • Capture 33
  • 'Now' required

The stranger walks away as Giovanna returns to tell Gino that Bragana had an insurance policy. Piazza della Repubblica in Ferrara.

  • Capture 34
  • 'Now' required

Believing that he had been used to dispose of Bragana as a way of claiming the insurance, Gino begins to argue with Giovanna. Looking along Largo Castello from Piazzetta del Castello.

  • Capture 35
  • 'Now' required

Giovanna explains that the money is for both of them as Gino storms off. Piazzetta del Castello with Ferrara Hotel in the right background.

  • Capture 36
  • 'Now' required

Gino turns his back and carries on walking, leaving Giovanna in tears. Republic Square in Ferrara with the medieval Castello Estense as the backdrop.

  • Capture 37
  • 'Now' required

Making his way to Via Saraceno, Gino searches for the house where Anita lives.

  • Capture 38
  • 'Now' required

A woman shuffles from the building that Gino enters. Looking north along Via Saraceno from Vicolo del Galletto in Ferrara.

  • Capture 39
  • 'Now' required

Having followed Gino, Giovanna challenges him after he and Anita emerge from the building. The corner of Via Belfiore and Via Saraceno.

  • Capture 40
  • 'Now' required

A crowd gathers as Gino slaps Giovanna in the street. Vicolo del Galletto at the junction of Via Belfiore and Via Saraceno.

  • Capture 41
  • 'Now' required

After spending the afternoon with Anita, Gino runs across the roof tops to escape a detective as onlookers gather in the square. Vicolo del Galletto facing the junction of Via Belfiore and Via Saraceno.

  • Capture 42
  • 'Now' required

An old woman watches as Gino appears in the street. This is Via Porta S. Pietro as seen from Via Saraceno.

  • Capture 43
  • 'Now' required

Gino runs and dodges into an alley as the detective enters Anita's lodgings. The camera pans to find Via Fondo Banchetto.

  • Capture 44
  • 'Now' required

Still running, Gino reaches the railway station. Ferrara station's main building, replaced in 1948.

  • Capture 45
  • 'Now' required

Looking out from the station booking hall along Viale della Costituzione (Avenue of the Constitution).

  • Capture 46
  • 'Now' required

After finding detectives checking passengers, Gino leaves the booking hall. La stazione di Ferrara, situated in piazzale della Stazione between via S. Giacomo and Viale della Costituzione.

  • Capture 47
  • 'Now' required

Spotting a means of escape, Gino runs towards a departing truck. This is at the junction of Via Colombarola, Via Volano and Via S. Maurelio with the Po di Volano, a branch of the River Po, in the left background.

  • Capture 48
  • 'Now' required

The truck carries the fugitive away, back to the Dogana. Via S. Maurelio in Ferrara with the bridge over the Po di Volano in the foreground and the tower of Basilica di San Giorgio in the left distance.

  • Capture 49
  • 'Now' required

As Gino and Giovanna flee together, a car carrying detectives starts to follow.