''Don Cesare di Bazan'' is a 1942 Italian historical adventure film directed by

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and starring

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. The film is set during the Catalan Revolt of the Seventeenth century. It is based on a play by

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. It marked the directoral debut of Freda who went on to be a leading commercial Italian filmmaker.Moliterno p.136

Cast

as Don Cesare di Bazan *

as Renée Dumas *

as Sancho *

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as Il visconte di Beaumont *

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as Filippo IV *

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as Don José di Nogueira *

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as Il "Corvo", il messagero del visconte * Antonio Marietti as Il giovane conte, il finto attore *

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as Pasquale Cornalis, il capocomico * Sandrino Moreno as Il bambino * Anna Maria Dionisi as La cameriera di Renée * Ermanno Donati as Velasquez * Antonio Acqua as Il capitano Ribera *

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as Un nobile cavaliere *

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as Un nobile cospiratore *

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as Il cospiratore che provoca il duello *

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as Uno dei finti attori *

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as Il duca di Orovesa * Umberto Sclanizza as Il taverniere * Evaristo Signorini as Un altro nobile cospiratore

Release

''DonCesare di Bazan'' was released in Italy on 4 October 1942 where it was distributed by Artisti Associati.

References

Bibliography

* * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Testa, Carlo. ''Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures, 1945-2000''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.

External links

* 1942 films Italian historical adventure films Italian black-and-white films 1940s historical adventure films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Riccardo Freda Films set in the 17th century Films set in Spain Italian films based on plays Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini Films based on works by Victor Hugo 1942 directorial debut films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub