Call of the Blood
Call of the Blood | |
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Directed by | John Clements Ladislao Vajda |
Written by | Basil Mason Fabrizio Sarazani Ákos Tolnay John Clements |
Based on | The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens |
Produced by | Steven Pallos John Stafford |
Starring | John Clements Kay Hammond John Justin Hilton Edwards |
Cinematography | Ubaldo Arata Wilkie Cooper |
Edited by | Carmen Beliaeff |
Music by | Ludovico Lunghi |
Production companies | British Lion F.I.A.I. |
Distributed by | British Lion (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Countries | Italy United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Call of the Blood is a 1948 British-Italian drama film directed by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda and starring Clements, Kay Hammond and John Justin.[1] In the Edwardian era a British family move to Sicily where the husband has an affair with a local woman. It was adapted from a 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The film's sets were designed by art director Maurice Fowler. Elizabeth Haffenden worked as costume designer.
Cast[]
- John Clements as Julius Ikon
- Kay Hammond as Doctor Anne Lester
- John Justin as David Erskine
- Hilton Edwards as Doctor Robert Blake
- Robert Rietti as Gaspare
- Carlo Ninchi as Salvatore
- Lea Padovani as Maddelena
- Jelo Filippo as Sebastiono
- H.G. Stoker as Uncle Ben
- Keith Pyott as Doctor Sabatier
- Marcesa Faciacani as Lucretia
See also[]
- The Call of the Blood (1920)
References[]
- ^ "The Call of the Blood (1948)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
Bibliography[]
- Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1948 films
- English-language films
- British films
- British historical drama films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films based on British novels
- 1940s historical drama films
- Italian films
- Italian historical drama films
- Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in Sicily
- British Lion Films films
- British black-and-white films
- Italian black-and-white films
- French film remakes
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- 1948 drama films
- 1940s British film stubs
- 1940s Italian film stubs