Doctor Antonio (TV series)
Doctor Antonio | |
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Genre | Historical |
Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | Italian |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 episodes |
Production | |
Production company | RAI |
Release | |
Original network | Programma Nazionale |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monoaural |
Original release | 16 November 7 December 1954 | –
Doctor Antonio (Italian:Il dottor Antonio) is a 1954 Italian television series, based on the 1855 novel of the same title by Giovanni Ruffini. It aired in four parts on RAI, the state broadcaster that had launched the same year. It was the first literary adaptation to be broadcast on Italian television.[1]
Synopsis[]
In the mid-nineteenth century a patriot fighting for Italian unification meets and falls in love with an English aristocrat while in exile. Eventually he decides to leave her and return to fight and die for his country.
Cast[]
- Miranda Campa
- Mario Colli
- Olinto Cristina
- Emma Danieli
- Giacomo Furia
- Antonio Cifariello
- Ludovica Modugno
- Alighiero Noschese
- Corrado Pani
- Stefano Sibaldi
References[]
- ^ Buonanno p.24
Bibliography[]
- Buonanno, Milly. Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea. Intellect Books, 2012.
Categories:
- 1950s Italian television series
- Italian drama television series
- 1954 Italian television series debuts
- Italian television show stubs