''Fedora'' is a 1942 Italian

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing ''Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...

and starring

Luisa Ferida Luisa Ferida, real surname Manfrini, (18 March 1914 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was one of divas in Italian cinema during decade 1935-1945 and she was the highest paid movie star of that period. The actress w ...

Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Al ...

and

Osvaldo Valenti Osvaldo Valenti (17 February 1906 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1928 and 1945. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Sicilian carpet trader and a wealthy Lebanese woman of Greek descen ...

.Chiti & Poppi p.138 It is based on the 1882 play of the same title by

Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 18318 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-centur ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Ottavio Scotti Ottavio Scotti (1904–1975) was an Italian art director. Scotti was born in Umago, which was then part of Italy but is today in Croatia. He worked on more than a hundred films during his career, including Orson Welles's ''Black Magic'' which wa ...

. It was shot at the

Cinecittà Studios Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios wer ...

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Synopsis

In the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

during the 1870s, after her prospective groom is assassinated on her wedding day Princess Fedora vows revenge on the killer. In

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

she meets and falls in love with an artist, before realising that he is the assassin. After reporting him to the Russian secret police, she comes to understand his reasons for doing what he did.

Cast

as Fedora *

as Loris Ipanov / Ivan Petrovic *

as Vladimiro Yariskine *

Memo Benassi Domenico "Memo" Benassi (21 June 1886 – 24 February 1957) was an Italian film actor who appeared in more than forty films in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the composer Beethoven in the 1942 film '' Rossini''.Mathew & Walt ...

as Il principe Yariskine *

Rina Morelli Rina Morelli (6 December 1908 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1939 and 1976. She was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Her husband, Paolo Stoppa, was an Italian stage and ...

as Olga Soukarev *

Sandro Ruffini Alessandro "Sandro" Ruffini (21 September 1889 – 29 November 1954) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Rome, Ruffini appeared in 64 films between 1913 and 1954, and was also active in theatre and radio. He was well known for his b ...

as De Sirieux *

Annibale Betrone Annibale Betrone (1883–1950) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.34 Selected filmography * '' Black Shirt'' (1933) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941) * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' Torren ...

as Boroff *

Augusto Marcacci Augusto Marcacci (4 June 1892 – 7 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor.Mancini p.229 Selected filmography * '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) * ''Condottieri'' (1937) * '' The Cuc ...

as Gretch *

Nerio Bernardi Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Nero'' (1922) * ''The Sheph ...

as Il pianista Boleslao Lazinsky *

Guido Celano Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two Spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. He was born ...

as Cirillo * Mirza Capanna as Marka *

Fedele Gentile Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''B ...

as Il primo servo di casa Yariskine *

Nino Marchesini Nino Marchesini (1895 – 13 January 1961) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1961. Filmography References External links * 1895 births 1961 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film- ...

as Il secondo servo di casa Yariskine *

Elio Marcuzzo Elio is an Italian male given name. Origin A name of dual origin, Elio is primarily a revival of it, Elio, label=none ( Helios), the Greek god of the Sun. it, Elio, label=none derives, through the Latin ''Helius'', from the Ancient Greek � ...

as Il giovane servitore *

Alfredo Martinelli Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1 ...

as Basilio * Beatrice Negri as Elisa, la modella *

Cesare Polacco Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Venice, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of Emilio Zago, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire ...

as L'usuraio Barnstein *

Dina Romano Dina Romano (born Geltrude Ricci; 16 February 1876 – 7 November 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than fifty films during her career including '' The Materassi Sisters'' (1944).Landy p.285 Selected filmography * ...

as La padrona di casa di Boroff *

Alfredo Varelli Alfredo Varelli (born Alfredo Ciavarella, 31 August 1914, date of death unknown) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Varelli was born ''Alfredo Ciavarella'' and debuted in Alessandro Blasetti's 1934 film ''Vecch ...

as Valeriano

References

Bibliography

* Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Gremese Editore, 2005.

External links

* 1942 films Italian historical films 1940s historical films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Camillo Mastrocinque Italian black-and-white films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Films set in Russia Films set in Paris Films set in the 1870s Films based on works by Victorien Sardou 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub