Cavalry (1936 Italian film)
| Cavalry | |
|---|---|
.png) Nazzari in a film scene | |
| Directed by | Goffredo Alessandrini |
| Written by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Václav Vích |
| Edited by | Giorgio Simonelli |
| Music by | Enzo Masetti |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release date | 23 October 1936 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cavalry (Italian: Cavalleria) is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the previous year. It was a box office success and established some of his personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938).[1]
Synopsis[edit]
Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer, falls in love with a Piedmont Count's daughter. They develop a romantic attachment, but she marries an Austrian baron under family pressure. After his horse dies in an accident during a completion, Solaro transfers into the newly formed Italian Air Force. He falls heroically in combat during the First World War.
Cast[edit]
- Amedeo Nazzari as Umberto Solaro
- Elisa Cegani as Speranza di Frassineto
- Luigi Carini as Speranza's father
- Mario Ferrari as Alberto Ponza
- Enrico Viarisio as Sottotenente Rolla
- Clara Padoa as Countess Clotilde, Speranza's mother
- Silvana Jachino as Carlotta di Frasseneto
- Adolfo Geri as Vittorio di Frasseneto
- Ernst Nadherny as Baron of Austria
- Anna Magnani as Fanny
- Nora D'Alba as Countess Sandi
- Silvio Bagolini as Attendant Bagolini
- Fausto Guerzoni as Other Attendant
- Oreste Fares as The Doctor
- Umberto Casilini as Member of the Union Circle
- Walter Grant as Superior Official
- Cecyl Tryan as Lady of Torino's Aristocracy
- Michele Malaspina as Cavalry Officer
- Albino Principe as Carlotta's Husband
- Rosina Adrario as Countess Adrari
References[edit]
- ^ Gundle p.187
Bibliography[edit]
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[edit]
 | This article related to an Italian film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1936 films
- 1936 drama films
- Italian drama films
- 1930s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Goffredo Alessandrini
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films set in Italy
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in the 1910s
- World War I aviation films
- Films about horses
- Lux Film films
- Films scored by Enzo Masetti
- World War I films set on the Italian Front
- 1930s Italian films
- 1930s Italian film stubs