Messalina (1951 film)
Messalina | |
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Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
Written by | Carmine Gallone Vittorio Nino Novarese Albert Valentin Pierre Laroche |
Produced by | Carmine Gallone Cesáreo González |
Starring | María Félix Georges Marchal Memo Benassi |
Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production companies | Produzione Gallone Filmsonor Suevia Films |
Distributed by | CEI Incom Columbia Pictures (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Countries | Italy France Spain |
Language | Italian |
Messalina or The Affairs of Messalina is a 1951 historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring María Félix, Georges Marchal and Memo Benassi.[1] It was a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome with sets designed by Gastone Medin and Vittorio Nino Novarese. It was part of a growing trend of epic historical films of 1950s. In 1954 a dubbed English version was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures.
The film portrays the story of the Messalina, the third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Main cast[]
- María Félix as Messalina
- Georges Marchal as Caio Silio / Gaius Silius
- Memo Benassi as Claudio / Claudius
- Delia Scala as Cinzia
- Erno Crisa as Timo / Timus
- Carlo Ninchi as Tauro / Taurus
- Camillo Pilotto as Ottavio / Octave
- Jean Tissier as Mnester
- Jean Chevrier as Valerio / Valerius Asiaticus
- Germaine Kerjean as Ismene
- Ave Ninchi as Locusta / Locuste
- Michel Vitold as Narciso / Narcissus
- Giuseppe Varni as Pallante
- Luigi Almirante as the jeweler
- Lamberto Picasso as the astrologer
- as the brothel's manager
- Cesare Barbetti as Lucio / Lucius
- Achille Majeroni as Appolonio / Appolonius
- Giovanna Galletti as the Christian woman
References[]
- ^ Winkler p.232-33
Bibliography[]
- Winkler, Martin N. Cinema and Classical Texts: Apollo's New Light. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1951 films
- Italian-language films
- 1950s historical films
- 1950s biographical films
- Italian biographical films
- French biographical films
- Peplum films
- French films
- Italian films
- Spanish films
- French-language films
- Films directed by Carmine Gallone
- Films set in ancient Rome
- Films set in the Roman Empire
- Films set in the 1st century
- Biographical films about Roman emperors
- Cultural depictions of Claudius
- Cultural depictions of Messalina
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films produced by Cesáreo González
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Sword and sandal films
- Films scored by Renzo Rossellini
- Italian black-and-white films
- Spanish black-and-white films
- French black-and-white films
- Historical film stubs