| Flesh Will Surrender -Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo- | |
| Director: | Alberto Lattuada |
| Producer: | Marcello D'Amico |
| Screenplay: | Suso Cecchi D'Amico Aldo Fabrizi Federico Fellini Alberto Lattuada Piero Tellini |
| Based On: | Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio |
| Starring: | Aldo Fabrizi Roldano Lupi Yvonne Sanson |
| Music: | Felice Lattuada |
| Cinematography: | Aldo Tonti |
| Editing: | Giuliana Attenni |
| Studio: | Lux Film |
| Distributor: | Lux Film |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Flesh Will Surrender (it|'''Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo''') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.[1] It is based on the novel Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Giovanni Episcopo is a modest clerk, shy and awkward. The man does not know that he is going to be punished forever by fate. In fact, Giovanni falls in love with Ginevra. The two get married, generate a son, and go to live in a house that Giovanni buys with his savings. A friend of Giovanni's, Giulio Wanzer, who had a love affair with Ginevra, is determined to ruin his life. The character of Ginevra changes and becomes more cruel and aggressive, and when Giulio, at the height of presumption, is installed in the home of Giovanni and is aggressive with Ginevra and their son, Giovanni goes mad with rage and kills Giulio.