In October 1972 Valerio Zurlini’s ‘La prima notte di quiete’ was released in cinemas. It starred Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Giancarlo Giannini, Adalberto Maria Merli, Salvo Randone, Lea Massari, Alida Valli and Renato Salvatori.

Special Guest the city of Rimini, in which the film was entirely set, in its charming melancholic and wintry version.

Images from the Minghini fund of the Gambalunga Library and from Reporters Associati & Archives.

Thanks to Titanus S.P.A.