production stage when the Republic of Salò  was proclaimed in September 1943; Mussolini was deposed and the  country occupied by the Germans. All cinematic activity was then  transferred north, to Venice, but Luigi Chiarini (qv) refused to  go and was forced to abandon the project. The film was edited and  dubbed in Venice, but without his approval. "La locandiera" was  released in December 1944.