The Ferocious Saladin
| The Ferocious Saladin | |
|---|---|
 Angelo Musco and Alida Valli | |
| Directed by | Mario Bonnard |
| Written by | Ettore Maria Margadonna Gino Rocca Mario Bonnard |
| Starring | Angelo Musco Alida Valli Mario Mazza |
| Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Giulio Bonnard |
Production company | Capitani Film |
| Distributed by | Generalcine |
Release date | 28 August 1937 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Ferocious Saladin (Italian: Il feroce Saladino) is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Angelo Musco, Alida Valli and . The film was made at Cinecittà in Rome. On 28 April 1937, Benito Mussolini visited the newly completed studio. Along with the historical epic Scipio Africanus, this was one of the films he saw being made.[1] The film, a vehicle for the Sicilian comedian Angelo Musco, is about a man attempting to complete a collection of playing cards. The only outstanding card is that of The Ferocious Saladin.
The film's sets were designed by art director Alfredo Montori.
Cast[]
- Angelo Musco as il professor Pompeo Darly / Il Feroce Saladino
- Alida Valli as Dora Florida / Sulamita
- as Gastone, il fine dicitore
- as l'acrobata Johnson / Tarzan
- Rosina Anselmi as Amalia, la moglie di Pompeo
- Maria Donati as Yvonne, la tenutaria della pensione per artisti
- Nicola Maldacea as ciambellano
- Nino Marchesini as il commendator Fani
- as il segretario di Fani
- Carlo Duse as il regista del teatro di rivista
- Giuseppe Pierozzi as un signore a teatro
- Claudio Ermelli as l'usciere del teatro
- Eduardo Passarelli as un signore ipnotizzato
- as Girolamo Mipaghi
- as l'amministratore del teatro
- Checco Durante as il direttore del teatro Vittoria
- Alfredo Martinelli as il direttore d'orchestra del Teatro Apollo
- Pina Gallini as una signora sul treno
- Alberto Sordi as l'uomo nascosto sotto il costume del leone
- Elli Parvo as l'attrice truccata all'orientale
- as una ballerina
- as il soprano
- as il signore calvo che compra le caramelle a teatro
- Pina Renzi as l'attrice nervosa dal parlare incomprensibile
- as il marito dell'attrice nervosa
- Rocco D'Assunta as il conte di Montholon
- as la contessa Albina di Montholon
References[]
- ^ Gundle p.22
Bibliography[]
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[]
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- Italian-language films
- 1937 films
- Italian films
- Italian comedy films
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1937 comedy films
- 1930s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Mario Bonnard
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
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